The Ideal ELN

Daureen NesdillData Curation Librarian

DISCLAIMER

I’M NOT ENDORSING OR PROMOTING ANY PRODUCT.

In the Beginning -

• SLA

• USTAR

• Survey of University of Utah

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Libguide

• ELN Working Group

There is more to research than chemistry!

Multi-disciplinary ELNs

The Cost and Who is Paying for ELNs?

Cost• $$= Software AND (cloud OR

institutional servers) AND (computers OR tablets)

• Time = installing AND training Who Pays?• Institutional infrastructure• Written into grant proposals

HostingCloud service Institutional servers

AccessControlling access

Security

What is Provenance?

Importing and exporting of ELN content

Provenance

Web vs. Client-based

Slow connection

No connection

Large corporations vs. small

Market not stable

Accommodating

Learning

ELN Market

Examples of Features

Redcap - background

http://www.project-redcap.org/

http://colonymanagement.jax.org/

http://www.emulab.net/

http://www.vistrails.org/

http://www.labarchives.com/

http://www.asksam.com/

• Both cloud and client-based. Need a syncing feature.

• Compatible with any platform

• No chemistry geegaws as standard features.

• Templates available for all subject areas

• Education pricing for classroom use

• Assistance with addressing complex research protocols

The Ideal ELN

• Integration of a mouse colony management system

• Connectors

• Messaging system

• Reminders to check work

• Integrated domain specific metadata

The Ideal ELN

Daureen Nesdill

http://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/ELNs

Or just

Google : Utah ELN