Strategize a Smooth Tenant-to-tenant Migration and Copilot Takeoff
Adopting an electronic lab notebook: Lessons from two case studies
1. Adopting an electronic lab notebook:
Lessons from two case studies
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Rory Macneil
Research Space
07/12/2012
2. Overview
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Why universities are becoming interested in ELNs
Wisconsin and Otago examples
Pilot study best practices
Key success factors
3. Why universities are becoming interested
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Growing interest in ELNs among researchers
New generation of ELNs that are
Usable and useful for researchers
Easy for IT to deploy and support
Affordable for academic institutions
Universities are now able to handle ‘enterprise’ software
Investigation
Evaluation
Purchase
Deployment and support
5. Pilot study step by step process
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1) Form working team
2) Learn from others, e.g. Wisconsin and Otago
3) Informally assess researcher interest
4) Conduct survey, e.g.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ELN_Otago
5) Select one or more ELNs for trial
1) Informal review and trial by working team, or
2) RFP
6) Select ‘examplar’ labs to participate
7) Train participants
8) Conduct supported trial
9) Conduct post-trial user-experience survey
6. Key success factors
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1) Represent key constituencies on the working team, e.g.
1) IT
2) CIO
3) Commercialization office
4) Research librarians
5) Research policy and admin
2) Involve researchers at all stages
3) Select ELNs designed for academic environments
4) Identify researcher ‘champions’ early on
5) Provide good training and support
6) Maintain good communication with ELN vendor(s)
