Research Data Services at Harvard Library
Good research data management is an ongoing, end-to-end process — not a single action or tool. It involves thinking intentionally about data from the earliest stages of a project through the full research lifecycle.
Harvard Library’s data librarians offer personalized support to researchers, labs, and departments at every stage of this process. Through our services, tools, and campus-wide network of experts, we help you build effective workflows, address specific data challenges, and keep your data usable and accessible over time.
Schedule a Research Data Consultation
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Get help with maps, mapping, GIS, and other geospatial tools.
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Get help and training with data visualization design and tools.
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Get help collecting, analyzing, and sharing qualitative data.
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Incorporate digital methods into your teaching and research.
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Access to data and government collections for your research.
Data Lifecycle Checklist
The data lifecycle is a representation of the stages in your research related to data collection, use, and storage. Access our data lifecycle checklist to help you keep track of the elements that make up good research data management throughout the data lifecycle. Get the data lifecycle checklist.
Training & Workshops
We offer training and workshops across campus, both online and in-person, to help researchers learn recommended practices around research data, methodologies, and transformations.
Trainings cover the entire data lifecycle and range from short lunch sessions to multi-day, hands-on workshops.
Upcoming Research Data Training Events
Tools & Software
As a truly collaborative endeavor, research data support at Harvard includes expertise and resources from various libraries, schools, centers, and institutes across the University.
School Library Services
Each graduate school at Harvard offers specialized research data support. Connect with your local school library to get started.
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Loeb Library GIS, Mapping and Geospatial Data Support
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Gutman Library Education Data and Statistics
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Baker Library Research & Data Services
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Library Research & Data Services
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Library Research Services
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Countway Library Publishing and Data Services
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Research Data Management
University Partners
Support offered by Harvard Library focuses on research data and scholarship. Connect with our partners who have expertise in research administration and compliance, and research computing.
Office of the Vice Provost for Research Research Data Management and Policy Compliance Resources
OVPR offers a full spectrum of resources to support and facilitate research and researcher compliance with internal and external regulations and policies
University Research Computing and Data Services
Research Computing at Harvard facilitates the advancement of research by providing leading-edge computing services including cluster computing, storage, software licenses, virtual instances, and software engineering.