DRS Fact Sheet

Not for public distribution

Overview

The Digital Repository Service (DRS) is a secure repository system designed to store and share the scholarly work from Northeastern University’s colleges, departments, and faculty. The DRS, which was developed and is maintained by Northeastern University Libraries, is an important way for the University to protect valuable information and data that has been created as part of our research and instructional mission. It provides a very high level of long-term security, and it also provides data management features like detailed metadata, rights and access management, and other features to help ensure that data is as accessible and usable in the present and the future.

The DRS also provides mechanisms through which repository data can be used in other venues, such as departmental portals, digital research projects, and online publications. Users can upload files, make them public, and share them with anyone, or restrict access to only a certain set of users. The DRS is also a discovery platform; anyone can search, browse, view, and download content that is made public. Because the DRS is built using Fedora, an open source repository system with a user-friendly API, objects stored in the DRS can be accessed and displayed using customized web-publishing tools, like Omeka, Drupal, or WordPress.

Community

• The DRS is structured as a digital representation of the Northeastern University community.
• Colleges, Departments, and research groups are represented as independent communities underneath the Northeastern University umbrella, each with their own collections of scholarly or administrative files.
• The DRS community structure easily supports interdisciplinary work between communities, and between staff and faculty.
• Northeastern University faculty and staff are also represented in the DRS, and they, too, can curate their own collections of scholarly or administrative files.

Helpful Resources

The DRS: https://repositorydev.neu.edu/

FAQ (for all users)

User Guide (for all users)

DRS Contacts (for internal use only)