In the first webinar of the series (a recording of this now available on the PSDI YouTube page) we took a look at PSDI as a whole. In this second webinar we focus down into work package 4 of the current phase, which contains our 5 pathfinders, in this webinar we looked at the work in Pathfinder 2: Process Recording, which is led by Dr Samantha Kanza. The recording of this webinar is now available on Youtube. Abstract: Process recording is fundamental to ensuring the preservation of the scientific record and enabling reproducibility. The Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) was originally created to serve as a direct replacement for the paper lab notebook, to ensure the digital capture and retention of the scientific record. What seemed like an obvious simple software-based solution has been anything but, and there are now over 80 active ELNs on the market and a wide range of different approaches have been taken to digitizing scientific research across academia and industry. This talk will discuss the shift in software offerings and attitudes to process recording software and report on the results of a recent survey on ELN and Notebook Usage in our physical sciences community. We will also […]
