Open Programs & Services

Research Data Services (RDS) is a campus-wide organization that provides the UW-Madison research community with the tools and resources to store, analyze and share data. We provide research data management consultations, training, and support in an effort to improve reproducibility across the research life cycle and to adequately describe data (metadata) for sharing, discoverability and reuse

MINDS@UW is UW-Madison’s institutional repository, providing long-term preservation and access to the creative and scholarly output of the University of Wisconsin. MINDS@UW is open access; items deposited in MINDS@UW are publicly available for download and use. UW-Madison faculty, staff, and students are welcomed to deposit research materials including  articles, monographs, technical reports, conference papers and presentations, datasets, audio, images and videos.

Dryad is an open-access data repository where you can publish and publicly share your research data. It was started by a community of researchers and is used by researchers worldwide to meet funder and publisher mandates for data publication. UW-Madison’s membership with Dryad, which was pursued in partnership between the Libraries and DoIT, allows for free depositing for UW-Madison researchers.

OER Content Discovery & Evaluation Service Complete a form describing what you need and the OER Team will conduct a search for high-quality course materials for your course. 

ORCID support. Set up an ORCID profile to help link your identity to you research outputs, grants, and more. Many journals and funding organizations also require researchers to provide their ORCID account. The libraries maintain a membership with ORCID and can provide resources and support.

Support for Authors Selecting and Working with Publishers

Libraries’ Investments in Open Initiatives

arXiv
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Dryad
Library Publishing Coalition
Knowledge Unlatched
Open Education Network
Open Library of Humanities (OLH)
Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3)
SPARC
University of Michigan Press Fund to Mission