Implementation and use of cloud-based electronic lab notebook in a bioprocess engineering teaching laboratory
In this 2017 paper published in the Journal of Biological Engineering, Riley et al. of Northwestern University describe their experience with implementing the LabArchives cloud-based electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) in their bioprocess engineering laboratory course. The ultimate goal was to train students to use the ELN during the course, meanwhile promoting proper electronic record keeping practices, including good documentation practices and data integrity practices. They concluded that not only was the ELN training successful and useful but also that through the use of the ELN and its audit trail features, “a true historical record of the lab course” could be maintained so as to improve future attempts to integrate the ELN into laboratory training.
