Love Data Week 2026 will include campus-wide informational events focused on data access, analysis, discovery, management, sharing, and preservation in celebration of International Love Data Week.
This year’s Love Data Week theme is “Where’s the Data?” – a way to get people thinking about data’s journey from collection through storage and preservation. Come meet us, sign up for our mailing list, grab a sticker or data zine, and chat about data. #LoveData26
February 9, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Information Table in Mann Library Lobby
CDS Consultants will be tabling and distributing data swag, resources, and information. Please come visit us, sign up for our mailing list, grab a sticker or data zine, and chat about data. Featuring staff from Cornell University Library’s Research Data and Open Scholarship unit who will be helping you optimize your ORCID researcher ID – get an ORCID Tune Up and make your own personalized keychain!
February 10, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Information Table in Fine Arts Library (Rand Hall)
CDS Consultants will be tabling and distributing data swag, resources, and information. Please come visit us, sign up for our mailing list, grab a sticker or data zine, and chat about data.
February 11, 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Panel Event: Where’s the Data? Navigating the Data Sharing and Repository Landscape
Mann Library Room 102
Join us for a discussion about sharing open and reproducible data in celebration of Love Data Week. Funders and publishers require data to be publicly accessible. As a researcher, it can be challenging to find an appropriate place to share your data and prepare it for long-term access and reuse. Panelists representing astronomy, engineering, veterinary medicine, and human-centered design will present on their research and experiences publishing data in public repositories. The panel will include open discussion of data sharing and reproducibility, data sharing mandates, the role of data curation, and FAIR data and open science.
February 12, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Information Table in Clark Hall
CDS Consultants will be tabling and distributing data swag, resources, and information. Please come visit us, sign up for our mailing list, grab a sticker or data zine, and chat about data. Love at first byte! 💖Featuring CCSS Research Associate Florio Arguillas, who will be on hand to chat about CCSS computing and data resources. Plus! Visit 281 Clark Hall (CCSS’s collaboration space) for additional information on CCSS programs—and pick up some heartfelt swag, including water bottles.
Workshops all semester long
Data-related workshops are offered across campus, all semester long — love your data, and sign up for one today!
- CAC and WCM’s Scientific Computing Training Webinars
- Cornell Center for Social Sciences Workshops
- Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU) Workshops
- Cornell University Library data and GIS Workshops
Love Data Week beyond Cornell
LabArchives Love Data Week 2026
Pick and choose the sessions that interest you or attend all the sessions for a comprehensive look at the LabArchives electronic lab notebook tool and how you can improve your research data management regimen. Learn more and register.
- Lab Basics 101 on 2/9 11-noon
- Notebook and User management 2/9 8-9pm
- RDM Tips and Practices 2/10 1-1:30pm
ICPSR Data Fair
The ICPSR Data Fair is a free virtual conference hosted by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), offering tools, training, and inspiration for the worldwide data community. Numerous events, so see the full schedule to learn more and register.
- ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship
- DataLumos: An Update on the Crowd-sourced Repository for Valuable Government Data
- AI at ICPSR: The Feb. 2026 Edition
Improving Data Sharing with GREI’s Submission Checklist
The Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) is offering a free webinar on Feb 11, just in time for Love Data Week. They will discuss the GREI Data Submission Checklist to help you plan, prepare, and publish data in a data repository, and you’ll hear more stories about successful data sharing and reuse.
Engage with data as a citizen scientist
This year’s Great Backyard Bird Count will be held Feb. 13-16. Participants from around the world will log their findings in eBird, a conservation database created by the Lab of Ornithology. Share your bird counts February 13-16 and be a part of this global event.
Email data-help@cornell.edu with questions.