International Love Data Week brings people and organizations together to highlight the power of data and raise awareness about the importance of research data management, sharing, preservation, and reuse.
Celebrated every February around Valentine’s Day, this year’s Love Data Week theme, “Where’s the Data?”, invites everyone to think about how data moves from collection to storage and preservation. Read more about data preservation efforts across Harvard.
Harvard Library will host workshops, share resources, and promote good research data practices throughout this week-long event, from February 9–13, 2026. Check out the range of virtual and in-person events across Harvard University.
Dataverse Reloaded: Improving Data Sharing Through Design
Monday, February 9
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Online
Join us to learn more about how Dataverse, Harvard's free data repository, is being modernized into a faster, more responsive web application with new tools for the community.
Register for Dataverse Reloaded
From Text to 3D: Word Clouds for Exploration
Monday, February 9
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Online
Exploring large document collections is hard. Join us to learn about Longhand, an experimental visualization pipeline that uses (text-to-3D) AI to transform a plain-text corpus into a navigable "object cloud."
Introduction to Text Analysis with Voyant Tools
Tuesday, February 10
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Online
Join us to learn about some basic concepts and approaches in quantitative text analysis in the humanities using the free, online Voyant Tools.
Register for Text Analysis with Voyant Tools
Finding GIS Data for Your Project
Tuesday, February 10
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Countway Library
This workshop covers approaches to searching for geospatial data, including understanding spatial data formats, considerations for spatial data collection, and approaches to mapping where data is limited.
Explore the Harvard Geospatial Library
Wednesday, February 11
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Online
Learn about the fascinating world of the Harvard Geospatial Library (HGL)—a hub for geospatial data and research, teaching, and learning at Harvard. This session will cover how students and faculty can use HGL to support their academic pursuits, HGL features you may not know about, and more.
Community Data Preservation: A Climate & Health Datathon
Wednesday, February 11
2:00 pm–5:00 pm
Countway Library or Online
Join Countway librarians, members of the Public Environmental Data Partners, and fellow data enthusiasts to capture and preserve our public health care data in the CAFE Harvard Dataverse Collection.
Register for Climate & Health Datathon
Love Data Rodeo: A Roundup of Useful Ways to Wrangle Your Data
Thursday, February 12
12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Lamont Library
Join us for a roundup of platforms, tools, and strategies to help you successfully work with your data. Meet representatives of Harvard approved platforms and learn about the support they offer to help you make the most of your research data.
Data Carpentry: R for Data Analysis and Visualization
Friday, February 13
9:00 am–4:30 pm
HKS Wexner Building
Data Carpentry is a two-day, beginner-friendly workshop that will give you the foundational knowledge to take on data-intensive research with confidence. On Day 2, you’ll learn how to use R to analyze and visualize your data in a reproducible and persuasive way. Don't miss Day 1 on January 30!