About Us
The University of Massachusetts Lowell Research, Archives, and Data (UML RAD)
The University of Massachusetts Lowell Research, Archives, and Data (UML RAD) repository was founded in 2025 to provide faculty and other UML community members with a permanent place to share their academic work and research data. This is part of a concentrated effort through the University Library to preserve, share, and celebrate the important scholarship created by the UML community. UML RAD enables scholarly output (such as papers, research data, conference presentations, images, and more) to be publicly accessible, discoverable, citable, and backed by a preservation process that will fulfill data management and sharing requirements set by grant funding agencies. This repository also serves as UML Center for Lowell History’s digital archive, where researchers can view a wide variety of historical items from University and Lowell-related collections.
FAQs
Why use UML RAD?
As an author or data creator, UML RAD provides a space to disseminate your work worldwide and ensure permanent access. This is especially important when applying for grants that require open access to your work and/or data.
As a researcher, UML RAD provides access to various datasets, thesis, dissertations, presentations, archival materials and more. Items are text-searchable and cover a wide range of topics.
Who can submit work to the repository?
Anyone associated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell can use UML RAD as a repository to preserve their scholarly outputs. This includes content created cooperatively with co-authors who are not affiliated with the University. The submitter must hold copyright to the work or have proof that they have been authorized by the copyright holder to upload the work.
What can I submit?
Institutional Repository
- Graduate-level theses and dissertations
- Conference presentations
- Working papers or reports
- Open access published works (ex. Your article or book chapter in an open access journal)
- Published versions of work, depending on publisher policies
- Other types of similar material, please contact staff for more information
Archival Materials
- Interested in donating archival material to the Center for Lowell History? The CLH considers donations of local and institutional relevance. Please contact CLH directly by emailing [email protected] for more information.
Research Data
- Data sets that are:
- Free from sensitive information (no personally identifiable information)
- Accompanied by contextual details
- Complete data (not likely to change)
- Please contact us for more information regarding submitting large data sets (over 5GB)
How do I submit items to be included in the repository?
We are still working on creating a seamless process to submit items to the repository. In the meantime, please contact Nikki Tantum, Digital Initiatives Archivist, to inquire about submitting new items ([email protected]).
Who has access to the items in the repository?
UML RAD is open to the public. Anyone can browse, search, and research the items in the repository, free of charge. Permissions may be required to use or re-use items that are not Open Access.
I’m working on a grant application. Do you have boilerplate language that I can include regarding data preservation?
Yes, we do! If you are unsure whether your data fits into the scope of UML RAD, please contact the library staff before including this information in your proposal.
Feel free to use the language below when applying to grants:
The research outputs for this project will be deposited into UML RAD, a repository provided by the University of Massachusetts Lowell. UML RAD is an open access platform that provides preservation and long-term access of scholarly items such as research data, journal articles, papers, presentations, archival items, and more. All material will be accompanied by appropriate metadata and documentation to facilitate reuse and discoverability. Unique identifiers will be provided, allowing for proper citations.
