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Complying with federal public access policies made easy with support from ASU Library

This week, February 9-13, we celebrate International Love Data Week! This year’s theme, “Where’s the Data?” prompts us to consider the entire journey of our data, from collection through storage, pres...

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Data belongs to everyone

At ASU Library, the Unit for Data Science and Analytics supports students, faculty and staff as they explore data in meaningful, ethical and practical ways. We believe data-informed thinking belongs a...

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Love your data: archives as data

An unexpected place for data is archival collections. It is not the first place most of us think of when working with data, but it can be a treasure trove of historical information, research and field...

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Love Data Week 2026! Where’s the data?

International Love Data Week happens with a new theme every year. This year is ‘Where’s the Data?’ — a way to get people thinking about data’s journey from collection through storage and preservation....

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2024 March Mammal Madness tournament celebrates animals, the arts

As the seasons change, the month of March brings a special excitement to the air; 65 featured combatants are poised to enter “battle,” with only one to be crowned March Mammal Madness champion. The M...

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Love Data Week: Meeting your data sharing requirements at ASU

Matthew Harp, Research Data Initiatives Librarian; Kathryn Claypool, Health Research Data Manager, Knowledge Enterprise It’s Love Data Week, and many folks have been discussing the 2023 NIH data shar...

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Love Data Week: How to Love Your Data

Abbie Thacher, Open Scholarship Intern and Emily Rocha, Open Scholarship Intern Dearest Data, Will you be my valentine? I promise to love and cherish you and brag about you to all my peers. Februar...

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ASU Library open research support

Matthew Harp, Research Data Services and Outreach Librarian Looking for help navigating your research project and meeting government open science requirements? Openly sharing your work is a purposefu...