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- 1/24/25 - January @ HKS Library
- Data + Donuts: Register for the Spring 2025 lineup
- Data Office Hours: Get expert support every Wednesday afternoon
- Harvard Library Passports: Pick up yours & visit every library
- Libby for Harvard: Borrow popular audiobooks & e-books through the app
- New Book Display: Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
- New Data Access: Enverus energy data on drilling permits & production
- 12/9/24 - December @ HKS Library
- Winter Break hours
- Finals Week Coffee Breaks
- Register for Data Carpentry
- New book display: Resources on disability policy & accessibility
- New Data Services homepage
- 11/7/24 - November @ HKS Library
- Tomorrow: Data + Donuts on leveraging data to improve neighborhood health and safety
- Libraries & Democracy: Recording and key takeaways from Jocelyn Kennedy’s talk on book bans and the First Amendment
- Submit Your Talk on R: Give a lightning talk on programming in R and be entered to win a Raspberry Pi mini-computer
- ICYMI: 8 decades of U.S. presidential elections through political buttons
- Get Easier Access to Online Articles: Install the Harvard Library bookmarklet
- Spooky Library: The HKS Library was decked out for Halloween!
- 10/23/24 - Book Bans Talk, Presidential Campaign Buttons, & More
- Learn about book bans and the First Amendment with lawyer & librarian Jocelyn Kennedy
- Explore 80 years of US presidential elections through political buttons
- Join Data + Donuts on teaching the implications of generative AI, and on leveraging data to improve neighborhoods
- Use the Think Tank Search to easily find policy research
- Check out the 25+ new community-curated books in the Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Collection
- Borrow technology & equipment through our new online portal
- 10/1/24 - October @ HKS Library
- Explore the Libraries & Democracy Initiative
- Join Data + Donuts
- Celebrate LGBTQ History Month
- Get a free stamp for your absentee ballot
- Recommend your favorite books on identity & belonging
- Explore our 40+ Research Guides
- Thank you for participating in National Library Card Signup Month!
- 9/11/24 - September @ HKS Library
- Sign up for a public library card in the Sunshine Lobby
- Celebrate Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month
- Find resources for having Candid & Constructive Conversations
- Watch our latest Behind the Book video with Bruce Schneier
- Join a Zotero workshop
- Join Data Office Hours
- Join Programming + Pizza
- Join an All-Community Coffee Break
- 8/15/24 - August @ HKS Library
- Newly renovated library now open with expanded hours
- New student orientation slide deck
- Register for Data Carpentry
- Get free access to popular news outlets
- Start using Zotero to organize & cite your sources
- Meet with a librarian
- Spouse/domestic partner access to Harvard libraries
- New book display: Antiracism & Gender Equity Summer Reading Lists
- Book recommendations from Harvard librarians
- More library events
- 5/31/24 - June @ HKS Library
- Key library metrics from the 2023-2024 academic year
- New book display: LGBTQ+ Pride Month
- Reminder: HKS Library closed in June for renovations
- 5/9/24 - May @ HKS Library
- HKS Library closed in June for renovations: Virtual services still available
- Graduating students: What can you use as an alum?
- PAE posters in the HKS Library through Commencement
- New book displays: Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Jewish American Heritage Month
- 4/16/24 - April @ HKS Library
- Data + Donuts: Register for the next two Fridays
- Graduating student info sessions: What can I keep using as an alum?
- Accessibility training: Creating accessible PDFs
- New book display: Arab American Heritage Month
- New books in the Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Collection
- 3/21/24 - March @ HKS Library
- Data + Donuts: Announcing our Spring speakers
- Women’s History Month: Events and book display
- IARA’s Sports & Racial Justice reading list
- Give HKS Library books a second life
- New notification & fine system for overdue library tech
- 2/21/24 - Library Events & Resources
- Get expert support making your PAE/SYPA accessible
- Make an appointment with a Peer Writing Tutor
- Celebrate Black History Month with dinner and a movie
- Explore the AAPI Caucus heritage map in the Community Commons
- Next week: Programming + Pizza and Zotero workshop
- 1/31/24 - February @ HKS Library
- Data & methods support for PAE/SYPA writers
- This Friday: Making your PAE/SYPA accessible
- Next week: Transcribing sensitive content with Whisper
- Next week: Introduction to GIS
- Next week: Programming + Pizza
- New collection: Children’s Books!
- New book display: Black History Month
- 1/9/24 - January @ HKS Library
- Data Carpentry: Learn to organize, clean, & analyze your data
- Ease into the spring semester with a community coffee break
- Library & IT Pop-Ups: Come say hi!
- Workshops: Making your PAE/SYPA accessible
- Workshops: Zotero
- Office hours: R & Python // GIS & Mapping
- Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Collection: New website & most-borrowed books of 2023
- 12/1/23 - December @ HKS Library
- Next Friday: Data + Donuts with Christina Langer on the Value of Apprenticeship Skills in the Labor Market
- Next Wednesday: Last Programming + Pizza of 2023
- Just Released Video: Behind the Book on Lauren Brodsky’s Because Data Can't Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories
- ICYMI: Make an Appointment with a Peer Writing Tutor
- Early Bird Registration: Data Carpentry Workshop on R, Spreadsheets, and OpenRefine
- New Book Display: AI, Data, and Algorithmic Justice
- Register for Unabridged: A Library Research Intensive
- 11/8/23 - November @ HKS Library
- PAE Support Events: Writing a Data Management & Safety Plan
- Making Your PAE/SYPA Accessible: Resources, Workshops, & Templates
- Make an Appointment with a Peer Writing Tutor
- New Collection: Board Games!
- Native American/Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month: Community Event & Book Display
- Next Week: AI Cyber Lunch with James Adams on the Impact of AI on Academic Integrity
- 10/20/23 - Halfway to Winter Break!
- Qualitative Data & Methods Support for PAE/SYPA Writers
- Data + Donuts with Lauren Brodsky on Turning Data into Persuasive Policy Stories
- Book Talk with Merilee Grindle on Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations
- AI Cyber Lunch with Lorrie Cranor on Designing Usable and Useful Privacy Choice Interfaces
- Resource Highlight: Bloomberg.com
- Harvard Library Survey: How Do Students Use AI Chatbots?
- More Library Workshops and Events
- 10/5/23 - October @ HKS Library
- Banned Books Week Display
- Data + Donuts on Studying Housing Inequity with Big Data
- LGBTQ History Month Community Gathering
- Data Visualization Workshops
- AI Cyber Lunch with Trey Herr: Too Much Cybersecurity Makes the Firm Say No
- Resource Highlight: AL-Monitor Pro for Middle East News
- Thank you for building the Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Collection!
- More Library Workshops and Events
- 9/21/23 - Autumn @ HKS Library
- Open Source Data Tools for Policy & Design Workshop Series
- Data + Donuts with Forrest Hangen on Studying Housing Inequities with Big Data
- AI Cyber Lunch: Katy Gero on AI and the Writer
- Resource Highlight: The Cook Political Report
- Borrow Chargers, Calculators, Laptops & More in the Library
- Latinx Heritage Month through Political Buttons
- Upcoming Workshops & Office Hours around Harvard Libraries: Zotero, R & Python, GIS, Data Visualization
- 9/8/23 - September @ HKS Library
- Coffee Break with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging
- Stories from the HKS Latinx Community: Heritage Month Celebration
- Data Cleaning for Geographic Analysis Workshop
- AI Cyber Lunches
- Bruce Schneier on How AI Breaks Trust
- Katy Gero on AI and the Writer: How Technology is Impacting Creative Writing
- Programming + Pizza: Collaborative Project Space
- Zotero Workshops
- Qualitative Data Analysis Workshops
- Data Visualization Workshops
- New Book Display: IARA’s Antiracism Summer Reading List
- Pick Up Your Harvard Library Passport!
- 8/24/23 - Welcome to the Fall Semester!
- Get Free News Access
- Visit the Library and IT in the Sunshine Lobby
- Register for Zotero and HOLLIS Workshops
- Drop into Office Hours for R, Python, and GIS
- Register for Data + Donuts with Hong Qu on Social Media Misinformation Discourse
- Register for the First Programming + Pizza of the Semester
- Apply for Your Spouse or Domestic Partner to Borrow Library Books
- 8/4/23 - August @ HKS Library
- Register for Data Carpentry
- Upcoming Workshops, Events, and Office Hours
- New Student Orientation Slides
- New Book Display: Equality at Every Size
- GIS and Map Survey from Harvard Library
- 7/6/23 - July @ HKS Library
- Data Visualization Summer Camp at Countway Library
- New Book Display: Disability Pride Month
- 6/6/23 - June @ HKS Library
- Alumni: How to Use the HKS Library
- Also Alumni: Update Your Email to Keep Getting Newsletters
- New Book Display: Pride Month
- Summer Hours
- Harvard In Focus: Libraries
- 5/11/23 - May @ HKS Library
- Next Monday: Graduating Student Checklist Info Session
- Take the Survey: Student Experiences with Research & Data
- Tour the Library: PAEs & AAPI Community Stories
- New Library Hours: May 13-28
- 4/26/23 - Student Survey & Upcoming Events
- Take the Survey: Student Experiences with Research & Data
- This Friday: Data + Donuts on Geocoding Public Health Disparities
- Just Announced: Data + Donuts on (Mis)understanding the Criminal Legal System through Administrative Data
- Graduating Student Info Sessions: Save Content, Migrate Accounts, Get Library Alumni Access
- Latest Additions to Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Collection
- 4/11/23 - April @ HKS Library
- Graduating Student Resources: Info Sessions & Online Guide
- Library Resources for Your Job Search
- Next Week: Text Analysis with R Workshop
- Meet Jimmy Kane: Student Wellbeing, Health, & Support
- New Book Display: Arab American Heritage Month
- Honoring Mel King through Political Buttons
- 3/21/23 - March @ HKS Library
- This week: Data visualization support for PAE writers
- Just announced: Intro to Machine Learning Workshop
- This Friday: Data + Donuts with Professor Sharad Goel
- Explore Student Publications in the HKS Library
- Opportunities for advanced GIS learning
- 3/6/23 - PAE & SYPA Support
- Event: Finishing Your PAE - Citations, Design, Copyright & Beyond
- Meet with librarians on citations, research, or data
- Meet with Data & Methods Course Assistants
- Meet with Peer Writing Tutors
- Join the Writing Accountability Group
- Important reminder for PAE writers on Data Safety
- New Book Display: Women’s History Month
- Return of the Harvard Library Passport
- 2/21/2023 - Research, Write, & Learn
- Just launched: Writing Accountability Group
- Make a Zotero appointment
- Book stands now available for check-out
- Upcoming events: Data + Donuts, Programming + Pizza
- Resource highlight: STAT+
- 2/2/2023 - February @ HKS Library
- New service: Peer Writing Tutors
- Workshops: Zotero & Intro to GIS
- New book display: Black History Month
- Donate used books
- Open access milestone: 2 million interactions
- Love Data week: February 13-17
- 1/23/2023 - Welcome to the Spring Semester!
- Upcoming HKS Library events
- LGBTQI+ Policy Guide launch
- Donate: Harvard Valentine’s Day Toiletries, Hygiene, & Totes Drive
- Other research & data learning opportunities around Harvard
- 1/6/2023 - New Year, Same Library
- Library hours before Spring semester
- Data Carpentry workshop
- New: Book a research appointment with an HKS librarian
- January book display: Data & Algorithmic Justice
- 12/16/2022 - Before Winter Break...
- Library hours over Winter Break
- Qualitative data & methods support for PAE/SYPA writers
- Student organizations & journals can now reserve the Library Commons
- Recommended break reading: Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Collection
- 12/6/2022 - December @ HKS Library
- Programming + Pizza next Tuesday
- Data Carpentry registration open for January
- End-of-semester research resources
- Library Commons Gallery now online
- New book display: December holidays
- 11/10/2022 - New Events & Resources
- Programming + Pizza next Tuesday
- Individual accounts with Bloomberg.com
- Prison Book Program donations at HLS
- Political Buttons Collection featured in BuzzFeed
- 11/1/2022 - November @ HKS Library
- Changes to hours for Veterans Day & Thanksgiving
- Data + Donuts this Friday
- New book display: Native American Heritage Month
- Political buttons from 2022 Midterm campaigns
- Resource highlight: Economic Intelligence Unit
- 10/24/2022 - Open Access Week
- Open Access Week: Open for Climate Justice (October 24-30)
- Upcoming events: Data visualization, Zotero, Data + Donuts, Programming + Pizza
- Data help for PAE & SYPA writers
- New books by HKS authors
- Resource highlight: LegiStorm
- 10/13/2022 - Support on papers & exams
- Zotero workshops
- Borrow-a-calculator
- Research support services
- Writing Consultant from the HKS Communications Program
- Study break: stream free horror movies for spooky season
- 9/30/2022 - October @ HKS Library
- Next Friday: Data + Donuts with Victoria Asbury
- Data visualization workshops: Open source data tools for policy & design
- Help with quantitative & qualitative methods for PAE & SYPA writers
- New book display: LGBTQ History Month
- Resource highlight: Gallup Analytics & Microdata
- 9/19/2022 - Latest events & resources
- Programming + Pizza with the HKS Library’s Research & Data Services team
- LGBTQ History Month film screening & discussion: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
- Fireside chat with Dr. Robert Livingston on The Conversation
- How HKS affiliates can access popular news sources for free
- 9/12/2022 - Fall @ HKS Library
- Workshops on Zotero & Library Research
- Printing at HKS
- Just announced: Data + Donuts with Reva Dhingra
- September book display: Latinx Heritage Month
- Political Buttons Collection
- 8/23/2022 - Welcome (back) to HKS!
- Library + IT pop-up tables
- Library workshops
- Data + Donuts, Programming + Pizza
- Behind the Book on Prof. Anthony Saich’s From Rebel to Ruler
- Tours of Houghton & Widener Libraries
- Return of the Harvard Library Passport
- 8/3/2022 - August @ HKS Library
- Zotero & Intro to Library Research workshops
- Library + IT pop-up tables
- Volunteer with Software Carpentry
- Data + Donuts, Programming + Pizza
- August book display
- 7/20/2022 - New data events launching this fall
- Software Carpentry, Programming + Pizza, Data + Donuts