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Making research outputs available, accessible, and understandable is an important aspect of research transparency, reproducibility, and open scholarship. Public access to research data and code is also now an expectation of many funding agencies and publishers.

Once your research is completed, how do you disseminate your research? How will the project data and findings be shared and stored for future use? How will your data be easily found and understood by an outside audience? What about the software you created or the scripts you used to clean and analyze your data?

Preserve and Share Data & Code

Public access to research data & data management plans

Research Data Services (RDS) is a free resource for anyone on the UW-Madison campus that provides consultations, best practice information, and education and training on research data management and sharing. They help make your data citable, open, and publicly accessible.

Contact RDS via their contact form.

RDS can help you:

Meet funding agency and publisher data sharing requirements.
Review data management plans and help you select a data repository.
Provide resources for preparing your data for sharing to facilitate long-term access and reuse.

A data repository can both archive your data long-term while making it publicly accessible to comply with publisher or funder requirements.

Options include:

A disciplinary data repository commonly used in your field.
Dryad via UW-Madison’s membership. Deposit up to 300GB of research data per deposit for free via UW-Madison’s membership. Dryad is an open-access, generalist data repository with a number of benefits including minimal curation, publisher integrations, deposited code and scripts being automatically preserved in Zenodo. Learn more and create your account.
Other unaffiliated generalist repositories like Zenodo, Figshare, & OSF can also be great options.
The institutional repository MINDS@UW.

Visit Research Data Services for guidance or contact them for assistance.

Best practice is to archive the plain text code in a repository alongside your data or utilize a repository that has an association with GitHub.

Options include:

Zenodo – archives a version of your GitHub repository and provides a DOI to make it citable. Learn how; or follow this walkthrough from Berkeley.
Dryad via UW-Madison’s membership – any code, scripts, software uploaded to Dryad are automatically pushed to and preserved in Zenodo.

GitHub and the campus supported GitLab service are excellent collaborative solutions but they should not be used to preserve code long-term.

Research Data Services provides further guidance on archiving code on their website. You can also contact them for assistance.

Share Publications & Other Research Outputs

UW Libraries

The UW-Madison Libraries are committed to the discovery, access, and long-term preservation of its own collections, and of the intellectual output of the University. The Libraries offer a number of services related to digital curation and preservation.

Need help with publishing? Librarians are available to consult with researchers on topics relating to copyright and author’s rights, finding where to publish, measuring and maximizing impact, and many other topics.
MINDS@UW is the University of Wisconsin’s open access institutional repository for scholarly outputs including datasets, pre-prints, theses, technical reports, conference proceedings, or other outputs. MINDS@UW can make data publicly available while preserving it at a persistent, citable URL. DOIs are available if needed for well-curated and described datasets deposited in MINDS@UW.
The UW Digital Collections contain nearly three million digital objects of all kinds: research and instructional images, digitized books, archival materials, audio and video. The collections are curated primarily by library staff and project partners. Contact the UW Digital Collections Center with a suggested project proposal for inclusion in the UW Digital Collections.

For more information, please email dspace-help[at]library.wisc.edu for inquiries regarding MINDS and use this form for inquiries regarding UW Digital Collections.

Public Access to Publications

The Public Access Service can be used to make sure that you are following the correct policies when providing public access to publications that result from federally funded research. The Public Access Team is available to answer questions, and to offer consultations and presentations.

Discovery Disclosure

Your discovery of any new process, composition or device, or an improvement to an existing process, composition or device, may be an invention. University policy and federal statutes require all UW–Madison faculty, staff and students to disclose it to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), regardless of the monies that funded the research. All Morgridge Institute researchers also must disclose to WARF. The best time to submit an invention is before any public disclosure.

Get Credit – ORCID iDs

ORCID iDs are unique and persistent identifiers for individual researchers. ORCID iD’s are increasingly being required by funding agencies and publishers.

An ORCID iD will help you differentiate your work from other authors with similar names, help connect all your research outputs, and make it easier for others to locate your work online. Establishing a unique researcher identity is an important step to improving your research impact.

You can link your account in ORCID to a number of other systems to automatically import your works.

Business Travel

Presenting findings at conferences is a critical scholarly dissemination activity. UW Madison’s travel planning and booking site is a useful resource for understanding University travel policy and following best practices.

Poster Printing

UW-Madison has a few resources to help print posters for professional conferences.

Printing services are available through Digital Publishing & Printing Services.

Poster printing is also available to students, staff, and faculty at Steenbock and College Libraries.

Lifecycle

Resources for Publishing Research Artifacts

Resource	Tags	Lifecycle_Stage	Link
3D Printing	3d, fabrication	Analyze & Visualize Data, Outreach	https://3dprinting.wisc.edu/
Amazon Mechanical Turk	surveys	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome
American Family Insurance Data Science Institute	data science research, collaboration	Plan, Analyze & Visualize Data	https://datascience.wisc.edu/institute/
ARROW: Application Review for Research Oversight at Wisconsin	animals, human subjects, oversight, safety	Plan, Reporting, Security & Compliance	http://arrow.wisc.edu/
Biochemistry Facilities	biological, collaboration, dissemination, equipment, grants, imaging, instruments, microscopy, support, training	Gather Data, Publish Research Artifacts	http://biochem.wisc.edu/facilities
Box	collaboration, data storage	Gather Data	https://it.wisc.edu/services/box/
CALS Statistical Consulting	data analysis, grants, statistics, support	Analyze & Visualize Data	https://calslab.cals.wisc.edu/stat-consulting/
Campus Software Library	software	Plan, Analyze & Visualize Data, Publish Research Artifacts	http://it.wisc.edu/services/software/
Cayuse424	grants	Plan	https://www.rsp.wisc.edu/cayuse/
CCI: Campus Computing Infrastructure	cloud computation, data storage, databases, networking, security, support, web hosting	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	https://cci.wisc.edu/
CHTC: Center for High-throughput Computing	collaboration, computation, facilitation, high performance, high throughput, training	Analyze & Visualize Data	https://chtc.cs.wisc.edu/
CISR: Cancer Informatics Shared Resource	bioinformatics, image analysis, clinical informatics	Plan, Analyze & Visualize Data	https://cancer.wisc.edu/research/resources/cisr/
CITI Portal: Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative	effort, human subjects, oversight, policies, portal, reporting, training	Plan, Reporting, Security & Compliance	https://my.gradsch.wisc.edu/citi/index.php
D2P: Discovery to Product	funding, support	Plan, Outreach	http://d2p.wisc.edu/
Data Science Hub	collaboration, computation, data analysis, data management, databases, facilitation, high performance, high throughput, macroresource, support, training	Plan, Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://datascience.wisc.edu/
Design Lab	data visualization, support	Publish Research Artifacts, Outreach	https://designlab.wisc.edu/
DiscoverPD	professional development	No Specific Step	http://my.grad.wisc.edu/discoverpd
DMPTool	data management	Plan	http://dmptool.org/
DoIT Computer Rental	equipment	No Specific Step	http://it.wisc.edu/services/rentals
DoIT Web Hosting	support, web hosting	Gather Data, Publish Research Artifacts	http://www.doit.wisc.edu/services/web-hosting
DoIT: Division of Information Technology	macroresource, networking, security, support	Plan, Security & Compliance	http://it.wisc.edu/
DPPS: Digital Publishing and Printing Services	publications	Publish Research Artifacts, Outreach	https://it.wisc.edu/services/digital-publishing-and-printing/
ECRT: Effort Reporting Tool	effort, reporting, training	Reporting, Security & Compliance	https://www.rsp.wisc.edu/effort/
ED/SBS IRB: Education and Behavioral Science IRB	human subjects, oversight, policies	Security & Compliance	https://research.wisc.edu/compliance-policy/human-research-protection-program/education-and-social-behavioral-science-irb/
EH&S: UW Environment, Health, & Safety	biological, equipment, health, reporting, safety	Security & Compliance	https://ehs.wisc.edu/
ELN: Electronic Lab Notebooks	cloud, collaboration, data management, data storage, facilitation, metadata	Gather Data	https://eln.wisc.edu/
Export Control Program	biological, dissemination, equipment, instruments, oversight, policies, security, software	Plan, Security & Compliance	http://research.wisc.edu/respolcomp/exportcontrol/
FastLane	grants	Plan	http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/
Federal Select Agent Program	animals, biological, health, oversight, safety	Plan, Security & Compliance	http://www.selectagents.gov/
Finding Funding	funding, grants	Plan	http://www.rsp.wisc.edu/funding/
G Suite	cloud, collaboration, data management, data storage, software, writing	Gather Data	https://it.wisc.edu/services/google-apps/
HS-IRBs: Health Sciences IRBs	health, human subjects, oversight, policies	Plan, Security & Compliance	http://kb.wisc.edu/hsirbs
ICTR BARD: ICTR Biostatistics and Research Design Resource	collaboration, data analysis, statistics, support	Plan, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://ictr.wisc.edu/Biostatistics
ICTR BMI: ICTR Biomedical Informatics	collaboration, data storage, grants, health	Plan, Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://ictr.wisc.edu/BMI
ICTR: Institute for Clinical and Translational Research	data management, health, imaging, statistics	Plan, Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://ictr.wisc.edu/
Illuminating Discovery Hub	collaboration, macroresource, outreach, support, training	Outreach	http://illuminatingdiscovery.wisc.edu/
Internet Scout: Collection Workflow Integration System	metadata, software	Gather Data	http://scout.wisc.edu/
LinkedIn Learning	computation, data analysis, data visualization, databases, graphics, software, statistics, surveys, training, writing	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data, Publish Research Artifacts, Outreach	http://it.wisc.edu/services/online-training/
MINDS@UW	collaboration, dissemination, facilitation, library, metadata, preservation, publications	Publish Research Artifacts, Security & Compliance	http://minds.wisconsin.edu/
Multi-Omics Hubs	biological, collaboration, data analysis, facilitation, imaging, macroresource, support, training	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://multi-omics.wisc.edu/
NEOS	data analysis, high performance	Analyze & Visualize Data	http://neos-server.org/neos/
Office 365	cloud, collaboration, data storage, databases, software	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	https://it.wisc.edu/services/office-365/
Office of Cybersecurity	policies, security, training	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data, Security & Compliance	https://it.wisc.edu/about/division-of-information-technology/enterprise-information-security-services/cybersecurity/
Overleaf	cloud, collaboration, publications, writing	Publish Research Artifacts	http://www.overleaf.com/
PAS: Public Access Service	data management, guide, policies, publications	Publish Research Artifacts, Reporting, Security & Compliance	http://pas.wisc.edu/
PI Portal	funding, grants, oversight, portal, reporting, training	Plan, Reporting, Security & Compliance	http://research.wisc.edu/researchers/pi-portal/
QDA Tools at MERIT	data analysis, support, training	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://website.education.wisc.edu/qdatools/
Qualtrics Survey Hosting Service	data storage, metadata, surveys	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://it.wisc.edu/services/surveys-qualtrics/
RADD: Recovering Analog and Digital Data	data storage, preservation, video	Gather Data	http://www.library.wisc.edu/slis/services/radd/
RDS: Research Data Services	data management, dissemination, facilitation, grants, preservation, training	Plan, Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data, Publish Research Artifacts, Security & Compliance	http://researchdata.wisc.edu/
Research Core Directory	biological, computation, equipment, health, imaging, instruments, macroresource, microscopy, training	Gather Data	https://resources.research.wisc.edu/
Research Cyberinfrastructure	cloud, data storage, ELN	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	https://researchci.it.wisc.edu/
Research Drive	collaboration, data storage, security	Gather Data	https://it.wisc.edu/services/researchdrive/
RSP: Research and Sponsored Programs	funding, grants, policies, reporting, support, training	Plan, Closeout, Reporting, Security & Compliance	http://www.rsp.wisc.edu/
Science Outreach on Campus	communication, collaboration	Outreach	https://science.wisc.edu/
SSCC: Social Science Computing Cooperative	data analysis, data storage, macroresource, software, statistics, training	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/
STS: DoIT Software Training for Students	computation, data analysis, databases, graphics, software, training	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	https://it.wisc.edu/services/training/
The Survey Center	surveys, metadata	Gather Data	https://uwsc.wisc.edu/
TRAD: Teaching & Research Application Development	data visualization, software, support	Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data	http://at.doit.wisc.edu/trad/
UC: University Communications	collaboration, dissemination, graphics, media, publications, video	Publish Research Artifacts, Outreach	http://uc.wisc.edu/
UW Office of Legal Affairs	human subject, intellectual property, safety, security	Reporting, Security & Compliance	https://legal.wisc.edu/
UW-Madison Data Storage Finder	storage	Gather Data	https://storage.researchdata.wisc.edu/
UW-Madison Extension	collaboration	Outreach	https://extension.wisc.edu/
UW-Madison Libraries	grants, library, preservation, publications	Plan, Publish Research Artifacts	https://www.library.wisc.edu/
UW-Madison Libraries Research Guides	guide, library, macroresource	Plan, Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data, Publish Research Artifacts	http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/
UWDC: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections	collaboration, library, preservation	Gather Data, Publish Research Artifacts	http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/
VCRGE: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education	funding, grants, intellectual property	Plan, Security & Compliance	http://research.wisc.edu/
WARF: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation	collaboration, dissemination, funding, intellectual property, policies, support	Plan, Security & Compliance	http://www.warf.org/
Wikipedia Software Comparison Charts	software	Plan, Gather Data, Analyze & Visualize Data, Publish Research Artifacts	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_comparisons
WINRS: Wisconsin Network for Research Support	collaboration, dissemination, health, human subjects, media, outreach, video	Plan, Gather Data, Outreach	http://winrs.son.wisc.edu/
WiscWeb WordPress Service	collaboration, web hosting	Outreach	http://wiscweb.wisc.edu/
WISER: University of Wisconsin System Enterprise Reporting	reporting	Closeout, Reporting	https://rsp.wisc.edu/WISER/
WISPER: WISconsin Proposal Electronic Routing System	funding, reporting	Plan	https://www.rsp.wisc.edu/WISPER/
WPT: Wisconsin Public Television Production Services	3d, data visualization, graphics, media, video	Outreach	http://wpt.org/production_services/main
Writing Center	dissemination, support, training, writing	Plan, Publish Research Artifacts	http://www.writing.wisc.edu/
Resource	Tags	Lifecycle_Stage	Link

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