Electronic Lab Notebook¶
The Electronic Lab Notebook enables scientists to keep a digital record of their experimental work. Similarly to how experimental work is documented in a physical lab notebook - each task is meticulously described using text, associating documents and printouts - scientists can here use a digital media to record it.
At a glance
At a glance
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Online visual document editor (Microsoft Word like)
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Pictures, tables, hyperlinks embedding, directly within text
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Cross-referencing, to reference further notes, produced/consumed samples, protocols, consumables, etc.
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Document attachment with online edition
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Sharing and co-edition
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Digital timestamping (for proof of intellectual property)
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PDF export
Using a digital media to store a lab notebook comes with a number of advantages over hard copies.
Digital records:
- are searchable
- are easily sorted and arranged e.g. by date
- are not physically bounded. Some notes can grow in size without having to be artificially splitted throughout different pages of a lab book. The work is here in split by context
- can embed (hyper) links in text. Links can be used, for example, to cross-reference specific lab inventory items (consumables, samples, equipments, etc.) or other digital resources
- are digitally timestamped by a third party, establishing proof of Intellectual Property