Banned Books Week Display 🚫
Organized annually by the American Library Association (ALA), Banned Books Week "celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools."
Banned Books Week 2023 is from October 1-7, but our display in the HKS Library will be up for the whole month.
This year's Banned Books Week is particularly urgent because libraries across the U.S. are facing an unprecedented number of attempts to ban books. In 2022, the ALA documented 1,269 demands to censor 2,571 unique titles. This is the highest number of book challenges since the ALA began compiling censorship data more than 20 years ago, and represents a near doubling of the challenges recorded in 2021.
The recent challenges overwhelmingly target books that feature LGBTQ+ themes or characters (particularly trans themes/characters), characters of color, and themes of race and racism.
In several states, recent book challenges have been coupled with legislation that "threaten punishment for teachers, librarians, and administrators if they provide students access to material deemed 'harmful' or 'explicit," and "specify new rules about how books need to be catalogued or new conditions under which they can be accessed" (PEN America, April 2023).
Learn more about Banned Books Week online or in the HKS Library. | | | | |
TOMORROW: DATA + DONUTS ON STUDYING HOUSING INEQUITY WITH BIG DATA 🍩 |
Data + Donuts // Forrest Hangen on Studying Housing Inequity with Big Data
Friday, October 6, 2023
10:30AM-11:30AM ET
Ofer 401 & Zoom
This event is open to all, though in-person space is limited.
Forrest Hangen is a PhD Candidate in Public Policy focusing on Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. He is also an affiliate of the Boston Area Research Initiative. Forrest studies inequities in housing using “big” data and computational social science methodologies at multiple geographic scales. His most recent work focuses on uncovering ownership obscurity to study landlords and their strategies of social and physical property management. He uses fuzzy-matching to connect tax assessment and corporation records to link landlords and investors to their property portfolios. At this session of Data + Donuts, Forrest will speak about his computational research on housing inequities. | | | | | |
LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH COMMUNITY GATHERING 🏳️🌈 |
Stories from the HKS LGBTQ Community
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
3:30PM-5:00PM ET
HKS Library Commons
This event is open to current HUID holders and alumni.
Join the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging and the HKS Library for a special exhibition celebrating LGBTQ History Month. Share food, mingle, and connect with members of the LGBTQ community at HKS. All are invited to recognize the contributions of LGBTQ community members, honor their diverse identities and stories, and celebrate the richness of LGBTQ past, present, and future. | | | | | |
DATA VISUALIZATION WORKSHOPS 📉 |
Intro to Data Visualization with Tableau
Friday, October 6, 2023
2:00PM-3:00PM ET
Zoom
This event is open to current HUID holders.
In this workshop you'll use a sample dataset to create several different types of visualization using Tableau. You'll also learn how to combine graphs together to create interactive dashboards. | | | | | |
Data Visualization with R & ggplot2
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
3:00PM-4:30PM ET
Wexner 434A
This event is open to all, though space is limited.
In this workshop we'll use the R programming language to import and visualize data. Using R's popular ggplot2 package, we'll cover basic principles and practices for creating effective data visualizations. | | | | | |
Using QGIS for Geovisualization
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
3:00PM-4:30PM ET
Wexner 434A
This event is open to all, though space is limited.
In this workshop we will import and map spatial data using QGIS. You'll learn basic cartographic techniques including scaling, labeling, and altering symbology. You'll create a map layout that can be exported into various file formats. | | | | | |
AI CYBER LUNCH 🛡️ |
Trey Herr on Broken Clouds: Too Much Cybersecurity Makes the Firm Say No
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
12:00PM-1:00PM ET
Rubenstein 414 & Zoom
In-person attendance is limited to current HUID holders on a first come / first served basis. All are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom.
Join the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and the HKS Library for an AI Cyber Lunch with Trey Herr, Director of the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative and Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity and Policy at American University's School of International Service. | | | | | |
Resource Highlight: AL-Monitor Pro for Middle East News 🌍
AL-Monitor is an award-winning independent source of Middle East news. The Pro subscription offers daily expert memos, trend reports, and newsletters on business and geopolitics in the Middle East and North Africa.
HKS affiliates can access AL-Monitor Pro using this link. | | | |
Thank you for building the Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Collection! 📚
Since the start of the fall semester, we've added dozens of books to our Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DIB) Collection. These books were all recommended by HKS community members - thank you so much for building this collection with us!
Highlights from these recent additions are below. Click each link to request the book through HOLLIS (Harvard login required). | | | | |
MORE LIBRARY WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS 💻 |
Zotero Basics
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
9:00AM-10:15AM ET
Zoom
This event is open to current HUID holders.
Zotero is a free software tool that automatically formats citations and bibliographies, helps you keep your resources in one place, and allows you to collaborate with others on research projects. | | | | | |
I've Generated Data, Now What? The When, Where, and How of Data Storage
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
12:00PM-1:00PM
Zoom
This event is open to all.
During this short training seminar, we will discuss how to properly store and access your data, protect your data from unauthorized access or data loss, and incorporate storage management into your research workflows at Harvard. | | | | | |
R & Python Office Hours
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
1:30PM-2:30PM ET
HKS Library Commons
This event is open to current HUID holders.
Whether you’re learning a programming language in a course, using it for an assignment, or wanting to build skills for a competitive job market, our team of Research & Data Librarians is here to help. | | | | | |
Intro to NVivo (for Windows and Mac)
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
3:30PM-4:30PM ET
Zoom
This event is open to all.
NVivo provides easy ways to code, analyze and visualize qualitative data. We will explore the software using a variety of primary source materials including: interviews, focus groups, images, videos, surveys, and social media platforms. | | | | | |
Programming + Pizza
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
5:00PM-7:00PM ET
Wexner G-02
This event is open to all.
Programming + Pizza is a collaborative space for building computational research skills. Folks of all experience levels are welcome to bring their questions, insights, and projects. Our goal is to learn together (and also eat pizza). In addition to your peers, your Research & Data Librarians will be there to provide expert support. | | | | | |
Zotero Basics (In-Person)
Monday, October 16, 2023
1:30PM-2:30PM ET
Lamont Library, Room B30
This event is open to current HUID holders.
Zotero is a free software tool that automatically formats citations and bibliographies, helps you keep your resources in one place, and allows you to collaborate with others on research projects. | | | | | |
GIS Office Hours
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
9:00AM-11:00AM
HKS Library, Littauer G-16
This event is open to current HUID holders.
Get personalized support on GIS and mapping projects from Belle Lipton, GIS Outreach Librarian at the Harvard Map Collection. | | | | | |
Research Management with Open Science Framework
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
10:00AM-11:30AM
Countway Library
This event is open to current HUID holders.
The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free, open-source project management tool to help scholars manage their workflow, organize their materials, and share all or part of a project with the broader research community. The tool connects to many other tools researchers often use such as GitHub, Dropbox, ORCID, Zotero, Dataverse, and many more. | | | | | |
Zotero Basics (In-Person)
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
12:00PM-1:15PM
Cabot Science Library, Lower Instruction Room
This event is open to current HUID holders.
Zotero is a free software tool that automatically formats citations and bibliographies, helps you keep your resources in one place, and allows you to collaborate with others on research projects. | | | | | |
R & Python Office Hours
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
1:30PM-2:30PM ET
HKS Library Commons
This event is open to current HUID holders.
Whether you’re learning a programming language in a course, using it for an assignment, or wanting to build skills for a competitive job market, our team of Research & Data Librarians is here to help. | | | | | |
Importing and Analyzing Social Media with NVivo
Thursday, October 19, 2023
11:00AM-12:00PM ET
Zoom
This event is open to all.
Learn about NVivo's features for capturing, coding, and analyzing social media data from services like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Previous experience with NVivo is helpful but not necessary. | | | | | |
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