Policy change, environmental change, social change... we can move mountains with the right data guiding our decisions. This year, we are focused on helping new and seasoned data users find data training and other resources that can help move the needle on the issues they care about. Data: Agent of Change.
If you haven't participated before, International Love Data Week is the celebration of data. Love Data Week is dedicated to spreading awareness of the importance of research data management, sharing, preservation, and reuse. Research data are the foundation of the scholarly record and crucial for changing the world around us.
Join the Harvard Library community for a week of events focused on how we can share and use data to bring about changes that matter.
Open Scholarship: Open Access, Open Science, Open Data
Monday, February 13, 2023, at 12:00pm
Open Scholarship advocates for research to be transparent and openly available to all. In this workshop, we’ll give an overview of the Open Science movement and the general principles including access to publications and the underlying research process, FAIR data, and initiatives within scholarly communications that support “openness” of the research endeavor (preprints, registered reports, persistent identifiers, and community engagement platforms).
Protecting Your Research: Practices for Sharing with Confidence
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 12:00pm
Publishing your data can increase the visibility and impact of your research. There are many considerations and options for ensuring your work (intellectual property) is protected. In this session, we will discuss three areas: first, why it’s beneficial to license your data as openly as possible; second, the particular issues and challenges involved in the sharing of qualitative data; and finally, as you incorporate your research data into a research output, how to read a journal publishing agreement.
Practical Considerations for Managing Sensitive Data
Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 12pm
Data sharing is becoming an increasingly prevalent and expected part of the research process. Researchers may be hesitant to share datasets about human subjects, and rightfully so. While some data can be shared respecting Institutional Review Board (IRB) and federal restrictions, other data is ultimately not publicly shareable. This webinar will address conflicts that can arise when attempting to balance the protection of data with expectations for open data, such as restrictive language in data use agreements, IRB protocols, and consent forms.