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A scan of Indigenous data in an institutional data repository
(2025-01-10) Zuniga, Alicia; Marsolek, Wanda; Hunt, Shanda
The Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM) is an open access (fully available to the public) institutional data repository. DRUM accepts Indigenous data into the repository utilizing informal practices (i.e., requests for data use agreement [DUA] between researcher and Tribal Agency) and no formal policies. As a first step toward incorporating the CARE Principles into DRUM’s workflow and policies, we proposed a project in partnership with Data Services Continuing Professional Education (DSCPE), a ten-week experience that connected Alicia Zuniga (CSUS) with Wanda Marsolek and Shanda Hunt (UMN).
The DSCPE project - which occurred September through November 2024 - included several vital activities performed by Zuniga which led to the following outputs: 1) list of search terms related to Indigenous data in Minnesota; 2) spreadsheet of those datasets that captures the level of Indigenous consent that was given to share the data publicly; 3) resource list of policies, practices, and documents related to Indigenous data; 4) recommendations for DRUM based on findings and the DSCPE experience; and 5) map of this process so that others, including DRUM staff, can implement and build on the important groundwork established by Zuniga. This digital record includes a protocol (outputs #1 and #5) and a recommendations report (outputs #3 and #4).
Minutes: Campus Safety Committee: April 15, 2024
(2024-04-15) University of Minnesota: Campus Safety Committee
In these minutes: Welcome and Safety Moment; Discussion and Vote on Revisions to Culture of Campus Safety Definition; Policy Discussion; SSAC Update; Safety Updates; Thank you
Minutes: Campus Safety Committee: March 25, 2024
(2024-03-25) University of Minnesota: Campus Safety Committee
In these minutes: Welcome and Safety Moment; Strategic Safety Advisory Committee (SSAC) Update; Senate Consultative Committee Feedback and Changes to the Culture of Safety Definition; New Business
Minutes: Campus Safety Committee: February 26, 2024
(2024-02-26) University of Minnesota: Campus Safety Committee
In these minutes: Discussion and Request for Feedback on the Campus Safety Committee’s Definition of a Culture of Safety; Committee Business; Institute on Community Integration
- Challenges Faced by the IDD Community; Safety, Disability, and Accessibility
Minutes: Campus Safety Committee: January 29, 2024
(2024-01-29) University of Minnesota: Campus Safety Committee
In these minutes: Welcome and Committee Business; Safety Moment; Updates on the Strategic Safety Advisory Committee and Administrative Policy: Getting Access to University Buildings; Update on the UMN Safety Plan; CSC - Perspectives about Active Threat and Timely Warnings, Jan 11, 2024; Senate Consultative Committee Charge to the Campus Safety Committee regarding
Safety Alerts