Electronic Lab Notebooks
LabArchives is an electronic laboratory notebook platform that can help UTSA researchers organize and manage their research effectively and securely. Users can access LabArchives free of charge to help administer projects within their research labs and laboratory courses. The software offers unlimited data storage and allows researchers to:
- Create, store, and share research workflows
- Connect lab data and image files to your observations and notes
- Control access to lab notebook data and prevent unauthorized copying and exports
- Eliminate data loss
LabArchives works with the following browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, however, it does NOT support Internet Explorer
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With LabArchives, UTSA is equipped to protect intellectual property — every entry is name, date, and time-stamped. Pages can be “frozen” with both PI and witness signatures. This documentation also helps faculty and administration respond to allegations of misconduct. LabArchives will provide our research community with multiple tools, integrations and functionalities to enhance research, including, for example, archives of lab meeting notes, and a chemical inventory tool.
LabArchives does not meet public access mandates (for more information on ensuring your research data complies with public access mandates for federally funded research, please see the UTSA research guide Public Access Policies for Federally Funded Research).
FAQs
No; while highly encouraged, UTSA researchers are not required to use LabArchives.