Electronic Lab Notebooks @ Pitt

Internet2 Global SummitResearch and Education Lightning Talk4/26/17

Brian StengelIT Service OwnerComputing Services and Systems DevelopmentUniversity of Pittsburgh

“Rolling out a Research Data Management

Solution success; Using an ELN in the lab and

the classroom”

RDM @ Pittis evolving...

HRPO,RCCO,RDM Committee

Others

2,773

9,047

88,287 • 3,000+ notebooks• 300+ GB

Things we are working on…• Re-assess our current posture and guidance on regulated data in ELNs

• Continue working with University Library System and Health Sciences Library System on training, on-boarding, promotion – drive deeper into programs and engagements

• Promote use of library/institute-based RDM instructional modules and human expertise in:

– Characterizing research data

– Finding, citing, meta-data tagging etc… within notebooks

– Promote skill development and awareness of research data recording and data retention

• Clinical trials? One project underway will use ELN for FDA submission

• Widget development – example: HSLS InfoBooster

• Continue to provide input to LabArchives for new features

Thank You!

Brian Stengel

University of Pittsburgh

bstengel@pitt.edu