Federal Public Access Policies: What Every Funded Researcher Needs to Know Online
What: Join Harvard Library’s Open Scholarship and Research Data Services to better understand the Federal Public Access Policies, ensure compliance, and make well-informed decisions about sharing your work.
Why: Do you have, or are you looking to secure, federal funding to support your research? If so, you will need to know about the public access requirements associated with your award.
How: This is a free 1 hour webinar. This info session will provide:
- Publication and data sharing requirements of Public Access Policies across federal agencies.
- A quick tour of SPARC's policy lookup tool.
- Harvard-based resources and services that are here to help!
Where: Online via Zoom (link provided upon registration). This session will not be recorded.
Who: This seminar is open to Harvard affiliates from all disciplines (HarvardKey required).
Instructors:
- Colleen Cressman, Librarian for Open Publishing, Harvard Library
- Julie Goldman, Research Data Services Librarian, Harvard Library
Join your peers to meet new people and learn new skills in a welcoming and encouraging environment!
- Date:
- Wednesday, November 18, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Classes Data Management > RDM Seminar Series Records Management
Fall 2026 Research Data Management Seminar Series
Seminar Audience
- Seminars are free and open to all faculty, research staff, postdoctoral researchers, and students from all disciplines.
- In-person workshops are open to Harvard University ID holders only.
- Online webinars may be open to the public research community.
- While content will focus on Harvard policies and resources, participants from other institutions may find the concepts useful.
Seminar Accessibility
- Harvard Library is committed to making our workshops accessible to everyone.
- If you require an accommodation to fully participate in the workshop, please contact Julie Goldman to discuss options.
Need help with data management? Feel free to book a 30 minute meeting slot with me.
Happy to help with data organization, cleaning, and sharing for fostering reproducible workflows and open science!