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| contents | <p>Also known as a ‘research notebook’ or ‘scientific experiment notebook’, a laboratory notebook documents day-to-day research activity. It is an integral part of research quality procedures and meets the principles of transparency, reproducibility, traceability, reproducibility, and open research. Since March 2023, the Université de Lorraine has introduced an electronic version of the laboratory notebook for its researchers. Developed by Deltablot, eLabFTW is the free, open-source electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) solution which has been selected. This multi-purpose and customisable tool is designed to serve all the university's research units, whatever their specific areas of study. The service is coordinated by the University Library with support from IT Department, and Development-Innovation service of the university. It is part of the range of research data management services offered by the ADOC Lorraine support service, which has been awarded the “Atelier de la donnée” label of the French national Recherche Data Gouv ecosystem and led by the library.</p> <p>The ELN plays an important role in the research data lifecycle, improving the availability of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data. ADOC Lorraine has developed the service in a way that is consistent with and echoes the other library services related to research data, making ELN a key element in research data assistance. In addition to promoting the tool to researchers, what are the challenges for libraries in taking up such a subject?</p> <p>After the implementation of the ELN project at the Université de Lorraine over the past two years, several research units were in favour of fully integrating the ELN into their research activities, either by encouraging their members to use it gradually or simply because the tool met their needs well and was a natural replacement for the paper notebook. In the spring of 2024, ADOC Lorraine carried out a survey of these research units. This survey brings together a number of themes relating to the ELN, research data, and open science, especially the place of the ELN in the data lifecycle and management, with the aim of identifying potential evolutions of the tool and research practices. The results underline the significant role of data librarians in supporting researchers for the adoption of new practices based on FAIR data. More generally, the experience gained at the Université de Lorraine highlights the need for more in-depth work on the metadata of experiments and resources recorded in the ELN. One of the objectives is to publish these inputs with datasets in data repositories, along with ensuring their long-term archiving. The Université de Lorraine is a pioneer in this field in France. This presentation will provide an opportunity to explain how the project came about, how libraries have positioned themselves in this new area and how ELN guidance has become an essential part of support for research data.</p> <p>“Electronic laboratory notebook: eLabFTW solution”, SCIENCE OUVERTE - Université de Lorraine, 2024, online, https://scienceouverte.univ-lorraine.fr/en/research-data-ul/electronic-laboratory-notebook-elabftw-solution/.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Electronic Laboratory Notebooks: A New Challenge for Libraries – The Case of the Université de Lorraine's Library Papin, Elodie <p>Also known as a ‘research notebook’ or ‘scientific experiment notebook’, a laboratory notebook documents day-to-day research activity. It is an integral part of research quality procedures and meets the principles of transparency, reproducibility, traceability, reproducibility, and open research. Since March 2023, the Université de Lorraine has introduced an electronic version of the laboratory notebook for its researchers. Developed by Deltablot, eLabFTW is the free, open-source electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) solution which has been selected. This multi-purpose and customisable tool is designed to serve all the university's research units, whatever their specific areas of study. The service is coordinated by the University Library with support from IT Department, and Development-Innovation service of the university. It is part of the range of research data management services offered by the ADOC Lorraine support service, which has been awarded the “Atelier de la donnée” label of the French national Recherche Data Gouv ecosystem and led by the library.</p> <p>The ELN plays an important role in the research data lifecycle, improving the availability of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data. ADOC Lorraine has developed the service in a way that is consistent with and echoes the other library services related to research data, making ELN a key element in research data assistance. In addition to promoting the tool to researchers, what are the challenges for libraries in taking up such a subject?</p> <p>After the implementation of the ELN project at the Université de Lorraine over the past two years, several research units were in favour of fully integrating the ELN into their research activities, either by encouraging their members to use it gradually or simply because the tool met their needs well and was a natural replacement for the paper notebook. In the spring of 2024, ADOC Lorraine carried out a survey of these research units. This survey brings together a number of themes relating to the ELN, research data, and open science, especially the place of the ELN in the data lifecycle and management, with the aim of identifying potential evolutions of the tool and research practices. The results underline the significant role of data librarians in supporting researchers for the adoption of new practices based on FAIR data. More generally, the experience gained at the Université de Lorraine highlights the need for more in-depth work on the metadata of experiments and resources recorded in the ELN. One of the objectives is to publish these inputs with datasets in data repositories, along with ensuring their long-term archiving. The Université de Lorraine is a pioneer in this field in France. This presentation will provide an opportunity to explain how the project came about, how libraries have positioned themselves in this new area and how ELN guidance has become an essential part of support for research data.</p> <p>“Electronic laboratory notebook: eLabFTW solution”, SCIENCE OUVERTE - Université de Lorraine, 2024, online, https://scienceouverte.univ-lorraine.fr/en/research-data-ul/electronic-laboratory-notebook-elabftw-solution/.</p> |
| title | Electronic Laboratory Notebooks: A New Challenge for Libraries – The Case of the Université de Lorraine's Library |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16036961 |