Representing the main users, the Life Sciences Faculty's Dean chaired the committee.
These features are, however, part of another tool for data management called the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS-Box 1).īy definition, an institutional LIMS and ELN project involves management, PIs, scientists at all levels, and the institute's IT department the steering committee for our project therefore included the Vice President of Research, who is responsible for scientific information, and the Vice President of Information Systems, who is responsible for IT governance and IT core services on campus. Moreover, although ELNs can improve efficiency in data capturing and re-use, they lack the features to rigorously document data critical for experimental reproducibility, such as sample traceability and standard operating procedures (SOP). Their implementation necessitates institutional support 1, and despite much discussion of ELNs in the literature 2, 3, success stories and recipes for their deployment remain scarce 4- 6. The adoption of electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs-Box 1) in academic laboratories has been slow-if laboratories have actually shown any interest at all.
Ironically though, their main method of recording and managing experimental data has remained largely the same for centuries (Fig 1): The laboratory notebook is still the main method of record-keeping. Research tools in the life sciences are continuously evolving and improving, and scientists have always been eager to use the latest equipment.
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