It’s that time of year again—hearts, valentines, and… data! Love Data Week is an international celebration held each year during the week of Valentine’s Day. The event brings together universities, nonprofits, government agencies, corporations, and individuals to explore data related topics through programs and activities.
This year’s theme, “Where’s the Data?”, highlights the journey of data from collection to storage and long term preservation.
Many institutions are hosting free virtual events throughout the week. Explore all 2026 Love Data Week programs happening locally and around the world.
The Medical Center Library is excited to spotlight key data resources that support strong data
stewardship across the Duke research community.
Classes & Workshops
Feeling inspired to dive deeper into data? Consider joining a class:
Medical Center Library Classes: We offer two data focused sessions:
• Introduction to Vivli, the clinical data repository: February 10; 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Understanding NIH Data Management and Sharing Requirements: March 17; 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Visit our class calendar to register.
Duke Center for Data and Visualization Sciences (CDVS): CDVS provides a wide range of workshops, including:
• Preparing for Data Publishing: Standards and Disciplinary Repositories: February 11; 1PM
• Ethics of Data Management and Sharing: February 19; 10AM
• Introduction to Research Data Management Browse their workshop schedule to sign up: March 11; 10AM
Visit their class calendar to register.
Duke Resources for Data Management Support
• Sharing your data The Duke Research Data Repository (RDR) offers curation, open access, and long term preservation for research data produced by the Duke community.
• Creating a data management plan The DMPTool helps you build funder compliant data management plans using an intuitive click-through interface. It includes Duke-specific and NIH-specific guidance, and you can submit your plan for feedback from a Duke Data Management consultant. Log in with your Duke credentials.
• Not sure where to start? Data Front Door, a service of the Compute and Data Services Alliance (CDSA), connects you with the right data resources and experts across Duke.
• Guidance on MyResearchPath Explore the Guidance for Research Data section which includes considerations for data sharing decisions, help identifying the right repository for your data, and a table outlining data types, sources, and Duke contacts for support.
• Duke research data policies Review the Duke Research Policy Manual, Chapter 5: Research Data, and visit the Duke Data Policy FAQs for additional guidance.
If you have questions, reach out to a librarian at the Medical Center Library at medical-librarian@duke.edu.