HKS Library Newsletter July and August @ HKS Library Hello, HKS Library enthusiasts! Whether you're a student, staff, faculty, alum, or beyond-Harvard community member, we hope the summer has been giving you many moments of joy and rest. We want to offer a warm welcome to our incoming cohort of Mid-Career Master in Public Administration students! Read on for the latest library events and resources. In this newsletter you'll find: Data Carpentry: A two-day, beginner-friendly workshop to build skills and confidence working with data. Let's Get (Student) Printing: Pizza and ice cream social to get students set up to print from their own devices. New Book Displays: Disability Pride Month and Housing. Summer Reading Lists: Gender Equity and Harvard Library Staff Recommendations. Two-day, beginner-friendly workshop Data Carpentry September 12 & 19, 2025 | 9:00AM-4:30PM | In person with limited virtual spots Data Carpentry is a two-day, beginner-friendly workshop that will give you the foundational knowledge to take on data-intensive research with confidence. Data and technical skills are in high demand in the public policy field and beyond. You'll be able to use the basic tools and concepts taught in this workshop in your coursework and career. You'll learn: Best practices for organizing your data to prepare it for analysis. How to clean and fix errors in your data. How to navigate the R interface, use basic R code syntax, and navigate data file structures in R. How to use R to analyze your data in a reproducible way. How to use R to visualize your data to be aesthetically pleasing and persuasive. This workshop is limited to Harvard affiliates, and is geared toward graduate students and other researchers. There are a limited number of virtual spots in the workshop. Please only register for a virtual spot if you are a Harvard student who cannot learn on campus this year. If you are an on-campus student, please register to attend in person. Register for Data Carpentry Let's Get (Student) Printing   Pizza and ice cream social Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 3:00-5:00PM Join HKSIT and the HKS Library to set up student printing on your own device, and enjoy a slice or a scoop. Don't be on an assignment deadline later this semester and still have to install Crimson Print! Take 10 minutes with us now to avoid the stress of last-minute printing setup later. Register For the Event New Book Displays Celebrating Disability Pride Month and exploring Housing through history, policy, and crisis solutions. Our book display on Disability Pride Month features literary nonfiction, novels, and memoirs about the identities, experiences, histories, and politics of people with disabilities. Explore the Disability Pride Month book display.   Our book display on Housing features research exploring the many dimensions of housing today including zoning and regulation, homelessness and eviction, race and discrimination, and more. Explore the Housing book display.  Summer Reading Lists   Gender Equity From HKS's Women and Public Policy Program From advancing workplace fairness to leveraging data science for feminism, these recent gender-focused books by Harvard affiliates offer groundbreaking insights and research-informed solutions. Explore the Gender Equity Summer Reading List. Illustration by Doval/Ikon Images   Harvard Library Staff Recommendations From the librarians of Harvard University Dozens of library staff (including a few from HKS!) share their favorite fiction, fantasy, memoir, and nonfiction reads. Explore the list of Harvard Library staff recommendations. Acknowledgment of Land and People Harvard University is located on the traditional and ancestral land of the Massachusett, the original inhabitants of what is now known as Boston and Cambridge. We pay respect to the people of the Massachusett Tribe, past and present, and honor the land itself which remains sacred to the Massachusett People. From the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP). HKS librarians can support your research and academic work. Email us or schedule a meeting. Contact the HKS Library