Jefferson ERN (Electronic Research Notebook) is a robust collaboration and instruction platform to organize, document, store, protect, share, and collaborate, your research and data. LabArchives (the platform) is a modern, secure, cloud-based method of organizing research data.
An “ERN” (electronic research notebook), sometimes referred to as an “ELN” (electronic lab notebook), is a cloud-based tool that simulates the pages of a traditional, paper lab notebook with the benefit of online interactivity and management.
In an ERN, you enter protocols, observations, notes and other data through your computer or mobile device. This service is provided at no cost to faculty, researchers, staff, graduate and undergraduate students for both research activities and coursework. Jefferson has a contract with LabArchives such that the Jefferson Research Network includes legal and security protection of your research data.
To begin, create an account associated with Jefferson. Please use your Campus Key (the Jefferson Single Sign-on) to access the Jefferson ERN interface.
Please download the LabArchives' Quick Start Guide for detailed direction. After creating an account, the interface automatically creates a Notebook for you, although you may choose to create as many notebooks as necessary for your different research endeavors. Organize, search, share data and even control user access for your notebooks. In addition to text and attachments, you can add widgets to leverage LabArchives capabilities, as well as create widgets per your specific needs via the Widget Manager.
To create an account, go to https://mynotebook.labarchives.com/login and select Thomas Jefferson University on the sign in through your institution drop down list. You will be directed to the Jefferson Single Sign-on system, please enter your Campus Key/PW combination.
After this, select Create or Activate a new LabArchives Account and enter the email address that you would like to use.
To login, go to https://mynotebook.labarchives.com/login and select Thomas Jefferson University on the sign in through your institution drop down list. Log in using your Campus Key/Password combination.
Please contact the Jefferson IS&T Solution Center at 215-503-7975 to reset your password.
Data of any file type can be stored in LabArchives. There is a maximum individual file size is 15GB.
LabArchives servers are kept in a secure, primary data center with a separate, disaster recovery data center. LabArchives servers are protected by redundant, industry standard firewalls and security devices. Disk storage systems used for customer data utilize block-level “encryption at rest” via LUKS/AES/SHA256 and all backups of customer data reside only in an encrypted form. For more information on the Security of data stored in LabArchives please contact LabArchives Support.
You can share your notebook with someone outside of Jefferson, however they will not have a Jefferson Campus Key. You may not transfer ownership of this notebook to the external collaborator, and they will not be able to copy this data to another notebook.
The Jefferson Office of Research Integrity, Conduct and Compliance and the Academic Commons are available for training workshops and consultations. You can also send an email to: LASupport@jefferson.edu
LabArchives Help provides a knowledgebase, tutorials, webinars, and support.
For the latest information, check out the Electronic Research Notebook section in SharePoint.
