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Data Literacy: Public Health GIS Workshop (In-Person)
What: This workshop is about using geospatial software and data to understand the relationship between environmental variables and health determinants.
Why: Basic familiarity with GIS software and data is useful in forming research questions, acquiring descriptive statistics, and making data maps.
How: This is a free 1-hour in-person workshop. The instructor will be available afterwards to answer any questions about research methods. This live, interactive session will not be recorded.
Where: Classrooms 102 & 103 on the First Floor of Countway Library.
Who: This seminar is open to faculty, research staff, postdoctoral researchers, and students from all disciplines. There are no prerequisites or assumptions of knowledge. In-person workshops are open to Harvard University ID holders only.
Instructor: Belle Lipton, MLIS, MS, GIS Librarian, Harvard Library, Harvard Map Collection
Join your peers to meet new people and learn new skills in a welcoming and encouraging environment!
Registration is required and opens at 12:30pm Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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Spring 2026 Research Data Management Seminar Series
Seminar Audience
- Seminars are free and open to all faculty, research staff, postdoctoral researchers, and students from all disciplines.
- In-person workshops are open to Harvard University ID holders only.
- Online webinars are open to the public research community.
- While content will focus on Harvard policies and resources, participants from other institutions may find the concepts useful.
Seminar Accessibility
- Harvard Library is committed to making our workshops accessible to everyone.
- If you require an accommodation to fully participate in the workshop, please contact Julie Goldman to discuss options.
Event Organizer
Need help with data management? Feel free to book a 30 minute meeting slot with me.
Happy to help with data organization, cleaning, and sharing for fostering reproducible workflows and open science!
