Digital Repository

The Brown Digital Repository (BDR) is intended to make accessible and preserve digital objects of enduring value to the scholarly mission of Brown University. The Library offers support for storing, retrieving, and curating:

Minassian Collection of Quranic Manuscripts

  • Research data
  • Digital objects that inform scholarly work

The BDR is intended to support research and scholarship at Brown. Examples of appropriate materials include:

  • Publications
  • Data sets
  • Audio, video, or images derived from research or creative works
  • Research documentation
  • Computer programs developed through research
  • Art work
  • Digital surrogates of primary sources

As of May 2012, the BDR is open to submissions by all faculty. Student work may be included in the BDR as part of faculty or administrative projects.