Category Archives: Records Management

ELNs and Data Portability

By Simon Coles | Published: July 13, 2010
I recall back in the late 90′s a lot of discussion at CENSA meetings about the need to move data between different systems, and of course from one ELN to another. From the customer’s perspective it is a really important issue although sadly one that doesn’t get enough attention until they are committed to a [...]
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What gets kept in Informatics Systems, and where?

By Simon Coles | Published: May 30, 2009
This entry is part of a series, ELNs and the Credit Crunch» Not all of the “Stuff” sloshing around the lab is the same, and distinguishing between them helps tease out the best place to store things. We use a simple Triangle Diagram (originally proposed by John Trigg of PhaseFour which really just tries to [...]
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Google has cool book scanning technology

By Simon Coles | Published: May 3, 2009
Seems Google have some really nifty technology for scanning books automatically without destroying them. Some of our clients have scans of their Paper Notebooks, and you can put them into PatentSafe quite easily. However, most people are put off by the expense of scanning (& tagging), which is a real pity. Given the amount of [...]
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Good Introductory presentation on Records Management

By Simon Coles | Published: April 22, 2009
Found this while messing around on SlideShare (which I might use to make my stuff more available). Good basic overview of records management. Our PatentSafe product is a specialized solution for Lab Notebooks/Patent Evidence – something that traditional Document Management/Records Management/Content Management solutions can’t really do all that well for a whole variety of reasons. [...]
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