Category: Wet Labs
Level: Gold
Author: Schell B., Hermuth-Kleinschmidt K., Scagliotti V., Weber P., Freese T.
The Impact: <p>Experimentation & knowledge sharing, reduced risk of data loss</p>
Details
Digitising laboratory notebooks improves the quality and accessibility of research documentation. Digital lab books enable clearer record-keeping, easier sharing of protocols and results, and improved reproducibility. Improving reproducibility and sharing of protocols improves standardised results, and reduces the loss of experiments and data, which would represent a loss of resources invested to generate them.
Some digital notebooks are paid and can require in-lab accessories, though some can be free and open-access. Any investment in hardware to support this should be accompanied by certainty of use and application to ensure benefits. Follow these steps to maximise the impacts.
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