Ebook: Recording science in the digital era: from paper to electronic notebooks and other digital tools

Introduction -- Motivations for Record-keeping -- Keeping and Managing Records -- Digital Tools and Electronic Laboratory Notebooks -- Managing and Preserving Digital Research Data -- A More In-depth Look at Electronic Laboratory Notebooks -- Moving from Paper to Electronic Laboratory Notebooks -- Designing the User Experience -- Interfaces for Capturing the Experiment Record -- Creating Context for the Record Using Metadata -- Open Science and Sharing the Research Record -- Futures for Technology and Scientific Research -- Telling the Story -- Subject Index.;Covering the essential areas of electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) this book is useful for those interested in implementing digital data solutions within their research groups.;Introduction -- Motivations for record-keeping -- Keeping and managing records -- Digital tools and electronic laboratory notebooks -- Managing and preserving digital research data -- A more in-depth look at electronic laboratory notebooks -- Moving from paper to electronic laboratory notebooks -- Designing the user experience -- Interfaces for capturing the experiment record -- Creating context for the record using metadata -- Open science and sharing the research record -- Futures for technology and scientific research -- Telling the story.;This book examines record-keeping in science, current practices, and the role of technology for enabling the effective capture, reuse, sharing, and preservation of scientific data. Covering the essential areas of electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) this book is useful for those interested in implementing digital data solutions within their research groups.