%0 Journal Article %1 bird2013laboratory %A Bird, Colin L. %A Willoughby, Cerys %A Frey, Jeremy G. %D 2013 %I The Royal Society of Chemistry %J Chem. Soc. Rev. %K forschungsdaten laborbücher obib %N 20 %P 8157-8175 %R 10.1039/C3CS60122F %T Laboratory notebooks in the digital era: the role of ELNs in record keeping for chemistry and other sciences %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3CS60122F %V 42 %X Egyptian evidence of scientific records dates back almost 50 centuries. In more recent times da Vinci and Faraday provide role models for scrupulous recording of ideas, observations, and conclusions. Their medium was paper, but despite the quality of their notebooks, we cannot turn the clock back. Our primary purpose is to review the influences of the digital era on scientific record keeping. We examine the foundations of the emerging opportunities for preserving and curating electronic records focussing on electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs), with an emphasis on their characteristics and usability.

@article{bird2013laboratory, abstract = {Egyptian evidence of scientific records dates back almost 50 centuries. In more recent times da Vinci and Faraday provide role models for scrupulous recording of ideas{,} observations{,} and conclusions. Their medium was paper{,} but despite the quality of their notebooks{,} we cannot turn the clock back. Our primary purpose is to review the influences of the digital era on scientific record keeping. We examine the foundations of the emerging opportunities for preserving and curating electronic records focussing on electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs){,} with an emphasis on their characteristics and usability.}, added-at = {2018-04-24T13:32:14.000+0200}, author = {Bird, Colin L. and Willoughby, Cerys and Frey, Jeremy G.}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2cdb72ffd83346e297d4501dea71aa3d6/hermann}, description = {Laboratory notebooks in the digital era: the role of ELNs in record keeping for chemistry and other sciences - Chemical Society Reviews (RSC Publishing)}, doi = {10.1039/C3CS60122F}, interhash = {f97cb1658e0c559f49f3ce9d3d6d7135}, intrahash = {cdb72ffd83346e297d4501dea71aa3d6}, journal = {Chem. Soc. Rev.}, keywords = {forschungsdaten laborbücher obib}, number = 20, pages = {8157-8175}, publisher = {The Royal Society of Chemistry}, timestamp = {2018-04-24T11:32:14.000+0200}, title = {Laboratory notebooks in the digital era: the role of ELNs in record keeping for chemistry and other sciences}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3CS60122F}, volume = 42, year = 2013 }