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Hi Chris,

In the US, more institutions are coming forward to discuss their experiences with ELNs, and University of Wisconsin's, presented at the most recent CNI gathering, are especially instructive (see link below). They address the history of lab notebooks, the arguments for & against ELNs from practical researcher perspectives, their reasons behind pursuing an enterprise level solution (compliance related issues), their pilot & uptake experience, and future challenges. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKEwJT-gF6w&feature=youtu.be 

The winner in the US for institutional enterprise-level licenses seems to be LabArchives, so far.

I expect to see more reports on this soon.

Best,
Amy
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On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Chris Rawlings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear RDM members

 

We are having an internal debate on the potential cost/benefits of introducing ELNs into our Research Labs.     In my experience, ELNs have been successful in commercial and generally more routine research labs, but have not generally taken hold in basic/applied academic research laboratories.

 

Does anyone on this list have any experience in their organisations of successful introduction of ELNs that we could contact and/or know of relevant reports of evaluations of the role of ELNs in academic research labs. 


Thanks


Chris Rawlings

Rothamsted Research


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