Love Data Week (LDW) is an international social media event coordinated by research data specialists, mostly working in academic and research libraries or data archives or centers and hosted by ICPSR. Similar to Open Access Week, the purpose of the LDW event is to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics related to research data management, sharing, preservation, reuse, and library-based research data services.
Love Data Week 2025 is February 10-14!
The theme of this year is Whose Data is it, Anyway?
We want you to participate! Share your experiences, learn from others, and find out about new resources.
Monday, February 10
Adopt a dataset from ICPSR! Get started by reviewing the list of datasets that are available for adoption and filling out a form to select your dataset. Then download, analyze online, or just review the summary information. Share what learn on Twitter and tag #LoveData25 #UNHLovesData @ICPSR @UNHLibrary
Tuesday, February 11
Celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Follow the conversation on X #February11 and share your stories!
Wednesday, February 12
Now things are really picking up! Check out other Love Data Week event listings and attend a webinar, workshop, or panel. There are over 150 events from more than 80 institutions, and most are free, online, and open to anyone!
Thursday, February 13
Take time to show your data some love by treating them to metadata. Create a readme file or get started on a data dictionary. Don't be shy about your love - tell us about the metadata you created on X by tagging #LoveData25 #UNHLovesData @UNHLibrary
Friday, February 14
Happy Valentine's Day, Data Lovers! Register your ORCID! An ORCID iD is a unique identifier that disambiguates one researcher from another and connects researchers with their contributions and affiliations over time, despite name changes or different name formats. Many funding agencies and publishers recommend or require researchers to have an ORCID iD. Register today - it takes less than a minute!
Fun & Games for Love Data Week
Go on a "Research Data Management Adventure!" Make choices, see where the plot takes you, and learn about data management along the way!
Choose from two games: What's in a Name? - a file naming game! OR Storage Wars - how safe is your data?
Available as an app and a card game, this is a research integrity game that poses challenging scenarios and players decide the best option for the ethical dilemma.
An online escape room! "You've received an urgent message from Professor Hutseephluts..." now you must follow clues and solve puzzles to escape this data horror!
The theme for Love Data week 2024 was My Kind of Data.
The theme for Love Data week 2023 was Data: Agents of Change.
The theme for Love Data Week 2022 was Data is for Everyone (or was it Data are for Everyone?).
The theme for Love Data Week 2021 was Data: Delivering a Better Future.
The theme for Love Data Week 2020 was getting to know your campus data services & specialists.
The theme for Love Data Week 2019 was data in everyday life explored through two topics – open data and data justice.
The theme for Love Data Week 2018 was Data Stories.
The theme for Love Data Week 2017 was Data Quality.
The theme for Love Data Week 2016 was Good Practice.
