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January @ HKS Library |
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Welcome to the spring semester! It's slushy and cold outside, but inside the HKS Library it's warm and full of resources. We have a ton of exciting events and opportunities for you as classes start to rev up once again.
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Event series |
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Data + Donuts |
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Digital Service Delivery for Stronger Communities |
Friday, February 21, 2025 | 10:30-11:30AM EST | Malkin Penthouse or Zoom
Maya Alper is a Strategic Engagement Manager at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services and Security. She graduated from HKS's Master of Public Policy (MPP) program in 2024, where she wrote the award-winning Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) "Digital Service Delivery for Stronger Communities." The PAE explores how the City of Boston can improve service delivery to increase residents' trust in government and their willingness to engage in civic life, especially among residents who don't regularly participate (and tend to live in less wealthy neighborhoods with higher concentrations of residents of color). At this session of Data + Donuts, Maya will share the findings and recommendations of her PAE research, as well as the methodologies she used in her analysis.
This event is open to all, including members of the public.
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Choice, Competition, & Regulation in Medicare |
Friday, February 28, 2025 | 10:30-11:30AM EST | Malkin Penthouse or Zoom
Joseph Hnath is a PhD Candidate in Health Policy (G5, Economics) at Harvard University. At this session of Data + Donuts, Joseph will present on his dissertation research which examines choice, competition, and regulation in Medicare Advantage with a focus on Special Needs Plans (SNPs). He'll also share some of the computational methods and tools he uses to pursue his research.
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Data Bias, Algorithmic Justice, & Public Policy |
Friday, March 7, 2025 | 10:30-11:30AM EST | Allison Dining Room or Zoom
Kathy Pham is a product leader, computer scientist, and founder who has held roles in product management, software engineering, data science, consulting, and leadership in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. Her expertise lies at the intersection of technology, ethics, and responsibility, with a focus on ethical principles in practice in product management, design, and engineering. At this session of Data + Donuts, Kathy will speak about the intersections of data bias, algorithmic justice, and public policy.
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How Real Estate Data-Sharing Impacts Housing |
Friday, May 2, 2025 | 10:30-11:30AM EST | Wexner 434 or Zoom
Ian Spangler is a cultural & economic geographer with interests in digital mapping, housing studies, and race & landscape in the US. He currently serves as Assistant Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography at the Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Kentucky. At this session of Data + Donuts, Ian will present his dissertation research exploring how spatial data standardization practices shape the design and use of real estate technologies. Focusing on housing in the U.S. real estate industry, Ian asks: how do standards, standardizing practices, and the institutions that enforce those practices affect housing?
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Get expert support |
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Data Office Hours |
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Programming, GIS, & Data Visualization |
Wednesdays, January 29 - May 14, 2025 | 4:00-5:00PM EST | Library Instruction Room
Get customized, expert support on programming in R, Python, and other coding languages; geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial data; and data visualization.
Our experts can help you write and de-bug your code, clean your data, implement analytical methods, use GIS tools to make maps and conduct spatial analysis, and visualize your data.
Office hours are open to HKS and Harvard affiliates.
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Harvard Library Passports |
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The Harvard Library Passport is back! This hugely popular program encourages you to visit every library at Harvard, marking your Passport and learning about each library along the way. Pick up a passport at participating Harvard libraries, including the HKS Library. While you're here, make sure to ask for a stamp or sticker to mark your booklet. Get them while they last! | | | |
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New Resource |
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Libby for Harvard |
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Borrow popular audiobooks & e-books |
Harvard affiliates can now borrow popular audiobooks and e-books from Harvard Library through the Libby app. The titles are from Harvard Library's Farnsworth collection, which includes popular fiction, fantasy, self-help, graphic novels, and more.
While Harvard's audiobook collection is relatively small compared with local public libraries, you can get access to public library collections, too! As a Harvard affiliate based in Massachusetts (or simply a Massachusetts resident), you can use Libby to borrow audiobooks from Boston Public Library and the Minuteman Network (which includes Cambridge and Somerville Public Libraries, among others). |
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New Book Display: Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day takes place annually on the third Monday in January. In observance of the holiday that bears his name, the HKS Library's January book display honors and examines U.S. society's relationship to the great civil rights leader. The display features key writings and speeches by Dr. King, as well as biographies and histories of his activism within the Civil Rights Movement. |
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New Data Access |
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Enverus Foundations provides curated data on energy permits, completion, production, and rigs. All Harvard affiliates now have access through Harvard Library. | | |
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Acknowledgment of Land and People |
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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). | | |
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HKS librarians can support your research and academic work. Email us or schedule a meeting. | | |
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