Research Data Services
Connecting members of the Harvard community to services and resources that span the research data lifecycle
What We Do
Harvard Library Research Data Services connects members of the Harvard community to services and resources that span the research data lifecycle, to help ensure that Harvard’s multi-disciplinary research data is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR).
Who We Serve
Researchers
We partner with organizations at Harvard and beyond to provide Harvard resaerchers with data services and tools as well as instruction.
Harvard Departments and Libraries
We provide Harvard departments and libraries with research data consultation, curation, instruction, and project support services.
World-wide Research Data Management Community
We connect with the growing international data community to advance and refine RDM practice, and invite you to follow us on Twitter.
Recent News
Upcoming Events
Online Research Data Seminars
Learn about the research data lifecycle and how to write a data management plan. See what data management in action looks like. Our growing series of short, online seminars can teach you what you need to know, all at your own pace.
RDM@HarvardLibrary on Twitter
- Reminder that the new #NIH #data sharing policy took effect yesterday. Here's what it takes to comply. t.co/7wD7lEhKZW
- Curating datasets is more than just reviewing: it's recommending additional metadata, preparing for preservation, and, increasingly, doing these actions for data AND code. Check out this article (co-authored by @VickyRampin and @talya_cooper) for more: t.co/imauvt12vq
Harvard Dataverse on Twitter
- 🚨📜📜🚨 With D Coffey, @Daniel_J_Galvin, G Gamm @jahenderson0, J Paddock, J Phillips & E Schickler I am excited to announce the public release of around 2K American state party platforms 1846-2017. They are available in .txt format via @HarvardDV here: t.co/qmaadsHIlR
- Great @FORCE11rescomm community call sharing visions for streamlining workflows throughout the research lifecycle! @dannyjbrooke and I shared work @HarvardDV & @HarvardLibrary: t.co/l3MwBTyPIt t.co/mHgYpky0dC