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Dear Colleague, 

Digital research data are critical to current and future discovery and represent critical assets for the University. The recently advanced Research Data Management Policy notes the shared responsibilities for ensuring research data management needs and regulatory obligations, including preservation and long-term accessibility, are met for critical, high-value research data. These responsibilities are also increasingly reflected in policies of funding agencies, prompting attention to data management planning and making the results of sponsored research available to the public.

In response to these needs and leveraging existing programs in managing and preserving campus digital assets, the University Libraries has launched a new service enabling researchers to provide long-term, open access to research data produced at the University of Minnesota. This service, the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), reflects the Libraries’ commitment to providing, where appropriate, broad and enduring access to the intellectual output of the University. 
Deposit and Discover data at DRUM

Why Publish Your Data?

DRUM was developed for U of M researchers who wish to preserve and disseminate their research data. Making research data openly available in DRUM has numerous benefits, including:
  • the ability to provide a persistent identifier (DOI) to your data so that others can cite your work,
  • compliance with data sharing and preservation requirements of funding agencies such as NIH and NSF,
  • reports on use of your data in order to demonstrate the impact of your research. 

DRUM is built around a suite of services: support for writing data management plans (DMPs), training faculty, staff and students in data management best practices, and preservation and access to digital objects. See our full list of services and our upcoming free training workshops at our website.

In addition, DRUM is a part of the University Digital Conservancy (the Libraries-run institutional repository for open access to U of M research since 2007), where researchers may also deposit articles, preprints, and presentations related to their data.

Who can Deposit Data?

DRUM is intended for the deposit of digital research data that are in a finished, distributable state. Data specialists in the Libraries will collaborate with depositors to ensure that data are discoverable in a way that maximizes potential for re-use. DRUM accepts a wide variety of research data; however, some types of data, such as protected health information and personally identifiable human subjects data, are not appropriate for deposit at this time. Data deposited in DRUM will be openly accessible; however, depositors will have the option of controlling access for up to two years.
Deposit and Discover data at DRUM

If you have questions about DRUM, please contact Lisa Johnston, Data Management and Curation Lead, at datarepo@umn.edu.  Thank you.
Wendy Pradt Lougee
University Librarian
Brian Herman
Vice President for Research
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