We report on our studies of the evolving work practices of biologists and the role paper and
electronic lab notebooks play in supporting their individual and collaborative activity. We …

Scientific collaboration is largely focused on the sharing and joint analysis of scientific data
and results. Today, a movement is afoot within the scientific computing community to shift" …

Through a study of field biology practices, we observed that biology fieldwork generates a
wealth of heterogeneous information, requiring substantial labor to coordinate and distill. To …

Background The electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) has the potential to replace the paper
notebook with a marked-up digital record that can be searched and shared. However, it is a …

In this paper we present a field trial of the eLabBench, a digital tabletop-based laboratory
bench designed to support the exploratory practices of molecular biologists in the laboratory …

Kelly, in Washington, receives from Jeff, in California, a protein sample for a nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument experiment. Kelly loads the sample into the NMR …

Using a participatory design process, we created three prototype augmented laboratory
notebooks that provide the missing link between paper, physical artifacts and on-line data …

As research becomes predominantly digitalized, scientists have the option of using
electronic laboratory notebooks to record and access entries. These systems can more …

Prolific adoption of digital media across scientific fields has led to inevitable transformation
of a traditional lab book into an electronic lab notebook (ELN). Research so far has focussed …

Author summary Computers are now essential in all branches of science, but most
researchers are never taught the equivalent of basic lab skills for research computing. As a …