The University of Rochester Research Repository (URRR) is the University of Rochester’s institutional research and data repository. 

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What is URRR? 

The UR Research Repository (URRR) is a place for faculty, researchers, students, staff, and UR community members to deposit their research outputs.  

URRR allows you to: 

  • Share your data, papers, presentations, dissertations, and other research outputs. 
  • Make your work easily accessible to the global research community. 
  • Meet publisher and funder requirements. 
  • Reserve a digital object identifier (DOI) for your research output. 
  • Connect your data and other research to your publications and ORCID. 
  • Benefit from the UR Libraries’ data and document curation process. 

Every UR community member is allotted 10 GB of initial storage. UR community members can get an additional 10 GB upon request.  Contact UR Libraries you need more storage space for data or publications. If you need additional storage. All submissions undergo a light curation process by the UR libraries, helping ensure your submission meets funder requirements. To learn about URRR's scope, privacy policy, data retention policy and terms of use, please visit URRR Policies.

 

Getting Started 

Interested in depositing your scholarly outputs? Is it data, an article, a presentation or other scholarly output? URRR uses the Figshare platform as UR’s official institutional repository. Visit rochester.figshare.com to get started.

  • Login with your UR-affiliated username and password.
  • Fill out your profile in URRR.
  • For user guides and other materials, see URRR Standards and Workflows Documentation Collection. This collection includes workflows, standards documents, guides and other resources to assist researchers to deposit data, scholarly works, and other materials in URRR.

Frequently Asked Questions  

 Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of work can I deposit and share in URRR? 

  • Publications (including preprints and author-accepted manuscripts) 
  • Working papers and technical reports 
  • White papers 
  • Datasets (see Data Management & Sharing) 
  • Codebases 
  • Conference presentations 
  • Conference posters 
  • Campus-based publications 
  • Course-based publications 
  • Images 
  • Audio and video recordings 

How do I move existing content to the institutional repository? 

Use this help article for moving content from figshare.com to an institutional Figshare portal.

What about Copyright?

If your work has been previously published and you transferred copyright to the publisher, you will have to investigate your agreement to determine whether you can make your work available through. Use Open Policy Finder or check your publisher's website for publisher copyright and permission policies. If you are unsure, please contact UR Libraries for help. 

Which repository is the best place to store my data, publications or other work? 

To compare repositories in order to assist in deciding where to deposit your work, visit the Repository Platform Comparison Chart and Spreadsheet.

What are the preferred file formats for depositing works?  

See URRR Preferred File Formats document in URRR. 

 Questions? 

Please contact UR Libraries for assistance.