Repository open access offers a pathway to making research outputs open without facing open access publishing fees.
This page introduces our institutional repositories, Minerva Access and Melbourne Figshare, and provides guidance on how University of Melbourne researchers can deposit their work.
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Minerva Access
Minerva Access is the University of Melbourne's institutional repository for traditional research outputs, including journal articles, book chapters, and theses.
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Melbourne Figshare
The University's data and digital asset repository, Melbourne Figshare, is a safe, secure, and easy-to-use cloud-based repository you can use to share your research.
Researchers can usually share peer-reviewed Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAMs) of their journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters in Minerva Access. Melbourne Figshare can be used to openly share research data, reports, and non-traditional research outputs of various kinds. These repository pathways to open access are supported by the Principles for Open Access to Research Outputs at Melbourne and are compliant with most Funder Open Access Policies, including NHMRC and ARC requirements.
Although publishers often require embargoes by default, adopting a rights retention strategy can enable authors to share their AAMs immediately upon publication. Rights retention is encouraged by our Principles for Open Access and required by some funder policies, including the 2022 NHMRC Open Access Policy.
You can find out more about repository open access on our What Is Open Access? page, which includes information on non-institutional general and subject-specific repositories.
Deposit your research
University of Melbourne staff and students can deposit traditional research outputs in Minerva Access, and most other outputs in Melbourne Figshare. These pathways offer quick and easy ways to make your research open access. Both Minerva Access and Melbourne Figshare are integrated with Elements, the University's internal research outputs management system, which feeds into Find an Expert. Select the relevant output type below for further guidance.
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Research Outputs
University staff can deposit Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAMs) of journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters in Minerva Access.
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Data, supplementary materials, and NTROs
Research data, reports, supplementary research materials, and non-traditional research outputs (NTROs) can be deposited and shared using Melbourne Figshare.
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Graduate Research Theses
PhD, Doctorate and Masters Research candidatesare required to submit a digital copy of their thesis to Minerva Access via the Thesis Examination System (TES). Guidance is available on the "My thesis in the Library" webpage.
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Honours and Masters Coursework Theses
Honours and Masters Coursework candidates are welcome to submit their completed thesis to the Minerva Access repository. This may be required by some schools or departments.
Further support
If you require assistance using Minerva Access, or have queries relating to existing Minerva Access records, please contact minerva-acces@unimelb.edu.au
For enquiries relating to depositing research outputs in Minerva Access, including the submission of Author Accepted Manuscripts, please email research-outputs@unimelb.edu.au
For all enquiries regarding Melbourne Figshare, please contact the Digital Stewardship Team via their ServiceNow form.
For other enquiries relating to open access, please contact your Faculty or Subject Liaison Librarians.
Page last updated 23 January 2024.
Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) / Accepted version
The version of an article, paper, book, or book chapter that has been accepted for publication. It is the author’s final manuscript version after peer review and revisions, but prior to the publisher’s copyediting, typesetting, and formatting results in a proof.
Find out more about article versions on the Minerva Access website.