RaY is York St John's institutional repository service which exists to store, showcase and share the University's published research output. York St John staff and research students are required to deposit all research outputs (including different formats of work) into RaY in the form of bibliographic metadata and as appropriate or where possible: pre- or post-prints for journal articles, subject to the publisher's copyright permissions; art; performance video; programs; images; music, etc.

RaY will also accept deposits of research data, PhDs, MPhils and Masters by research awarded by York St John University.