MINDS@UW

What is MINDS@UW?

MINDS@UW, an open access institutional repository, is designed to gather, distribute, and preserve digital materials related to the University of Wisconsin’s research mission. Content may include research papers and reports, pre-prints and post-prints, datasets and other primary research materials, theses, student capstone projects, conference papers and presentations, and other born-digital or digitized research and instructional materials.

Current faculty, staff, students of the UW System, along with their research collaborators, are eligible to deposit in MINDS@UW.

It is not intended to support the public accessibility and preservation of official institutional or campus records that would not normally be published in the course of university business.

Visit MINDS@UW.

The Libraries

Libraries and librarians throughout the UW System provide support to new communities on MINDS@UW:

• setting up community structures
• guiding communities in describing their content for readers
• providing rights and permissions advice
• assisting with batch imports and file-format issues

MINDS@UW’s technical infrastructure and digital preservation program are managed by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC) and DoIT.

How does MINDS@UW benefit you?

• Fast dissemination of your work worldwide.
• Full-text search.
• Indexed by Google and Google Scholar.
• Increased visibility for research and teaching activities in departments and research centers.
• Permanent, unbreakable URLs.
• Safe long-term archiving.
• Accepts many kinds of files.
• Tracking of usage statistics, e.g. page visits or file downloads.

What belongs in MINDS@UW?

• Datasets and supporting materials for research.
• Preprints and postprints of journal articles.
• Working papers and technical reports.
• Conference slides, proceedings, and papers.
• Published student research.