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    Transforming India: Role of Libraries in Citizen Science for Achieving Sustainable Development
    (INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar, 2025-12-08) Adattil, Hafsath; K, Mohamed Haneefa
    As a social institution, libraries ensure their readiness to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and act as a trusted network that effectively reaches the country's entire population, regardless of discrimination. Libraries significantly contribute to achieving this by promoting universal literacy (media, information, and digital) and bridging the gaps in information access. They have a considerable influence on various SDGs by promoting lifelong learning through access to different information sources, including print and digital materials, reducing inequalities by ensuring information access for marginalized communities, promoting social inclusion, strong institutions by building inclusive societies through participatory initiatives, etc. Furthermore, they serve as a hub for delivering public services and programs, support digital inclusion by offering access to ICT, and provide guidance to develop digital skills, research, and innovations. Citizen science, the public participation in scientific research, is a new approach that is gaining wider acceptance as a tool for achieving the SDGs, and this paper analyses the role of libraries in citizen science to attain the SDGs through a literature review and analysis of YouTube videos. The results show that libraries play a multifaceted role in citizen science initiatives, and this collaboration will lead to the development of India towards Viksit Bharat