Love Data Week (Feb. 10 to 14) is an international celebration of all things data! Each year, the Data and Bioinformation Services team at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library looks forward to engaging the University on issues like data management, sharing, wrangling, and visualization, as well as open and reproducible science. 

This year’s theme is “Whose Data Is It, Anyway?” which asks us to consider “who owns data compared to who uses data” and to think about “where the data came from before using it.” 

Check out the week’s events below: 

• Come to Data Management Planning Office Hours on Tuesday, Feb. 11, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the HSHSL Weise Gallery to ask your specific data management and sharing questions.
• Talk with librarians about data services at our pop-up table at your school during the week of Feb. 10 (schedule below).  Come and learn about data and bioinformation services at the HSHSL and grab a piece (or three) of candy! 
  • School of Pharmacy – Monday, Feb. 10, Noon to 1 p.m. (Atrium) 
  • School of Dentistry – Tuesday, Feb. 11, Noon to 1 p.m. (Ground Floor) 
  • School of Nursing – Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2 to 3 p.m. (1st Floor Lobby)  
  • School of Social Work – Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m. (Atrium) 
  • School of Medicine – Thursday, Feb. 13 at Noon to 1 p.m. (Bressler Lobby) 
• Gear up for Valentine’s Day by celebrating at the HSHSL on Thursday, Feb. 13, 9:30 to 11 a.m.! Join us on the 1st Floor to grab a doughnut and coffee, talk about your data needs, and participate in a special self-care activity in the Weise Gallery.

Looking for more ways to participate? 

• Visit the UMB Data Catalog. Explore the great research being done at UMB. Talk to us about cataloging your datasets! For more on the Data Catalog check out this video introduction! 
• Adopt a Dataset or attend a webinar with ICPSR, the official Love Data Week organizers and an excellent place to find data! Visit their site for more information. 
• Join our friends at the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) throughout the week for their series of workshops on topics including tools for finding and sharing data, data visualizations in Excel, and From Data to Knowledge to Equitable Health Transformation in the Age of AI. (Note: You must sign up for a free NNLM account to register). 

Don’t forget to follow the HSHSL and Love Data Week on social media! #LoveData25 #UMBLovesData 

Questions? Contact Amy Yarnell, Head of Data and Bioinformation Services, and Christine Nieman Hislop, Data Services Librarian at data@hshsl.umaryland.edu.