Open Scholarship & Publishing and Arts & Humanities Department (OSPAH)
About
Open Scholarship & Publishing and Arts & Humanities (OSPAH) Department is one of eight departments situated within the Research & Learning Services portfolio. OSPAH is comprised of:
- Government Publications, Maps, Microforms & Newspapers
- Open & Interdisciplinary Research Support
- Arts & Humanities liaison team
Together, the department supports the entire research lifecycle from collecting and navigating primary source materials, supporting analysis and new knowledge creation, to publishing and sharing of research with broad audiences for the public good.
Where to Find Us
Our work spans a variety of Libraries spaces including:
Open Resources
Openly sharing the work of the University and the region is important to us. Explore our work:
Featured Events & Exhibits
As part of the Federal requirement to provide educational programming on the US Constitution, the UW Libraries holds an annual Constitution read aloud. We welcome students, faculty, staff and community members to join us in reading the Constitution and critically examining the historical and contemporary significance this document holds.
News
Spring is here! While the cherry blossoms may have peaked, you can still celebrate with a DIY cherry blossom bookmark or test your knowledge with UW Libraries Cherry Blossom Trivia! April brings great opportunities for students including the UW Libraries Undergraduate Research Award, and Graduate Storytelling Fellows, both with applications due this month AND the Big Ten GIS Conference 2026! Thanks in advance to all who support UW Libraries on Husky Giving Day (April 24!), your support POWERS UW Libraries,…
…and What Typewriters Can Teach Us About Modern Communication For more than twenty years, UW Librarians have co-taught LIS 508, the History of Recorded Information as a course for the UW Information School’s MLIS program. With the retirement of longstanding instructors David Levy and Sandra Kroupa, UW Libraries Associate Dean for Distinctive Collections, Julie Tanaka, was asked to take over as the instructor of record. Tanaka redesigned the course to align with current MLIS Student Learning Outcomes and taught the course…
UW Libraries Labor Archivist, Conor Casey, takes us inside the Labor Temple, as workers coordinate a general strike that briefly turns organized labor into the city’s governing force.