Internet2 Quarterly Update: Summer 2025 Semester Highlights

As the third quarter of 2025 comes to an end, we want to share updates from the NET+ LabArchives program, including highlights from our Service Advisory Board and key announcements from LabArchives.

Community News

Events

Recap: Exploring LabArchives Implementation: Unlock the full potential

In October, we hosted the webinar, Unlock the full potential of your NET+ LabArchives enterprise license. During this webinar, site admins, research leaders, and research administrators learned the ins and outs of maximizing the value of their institution’s investment in LabArchives. Watch the recording (Password: $n0Nu5DG).

Shaping the Future: We Want Your Input

Your feedback helps shape the future of LabArchives! Please consider sharing feature requests, suggestions, and comments through our Roadmap Collection Sheet. The Service Advisory Board, in collaboration with LabArchives, will review submissions, prioritize tasks, and provide updates directly on the sheet. Your input is essential in ensuring LabArchives continues to meet the evolving needs of our community.

Additional Resources:

NET+ LabArchives Wiki Page • Roadmap Collection Sheet • LabArchives Cloud Scorecard

LabArchives Updates

LabArchives – BootCamp Sessions

Join us for the 2025 Research Edition Bootcamp! Whether you’re a current user or just considering the switch, this event is designed to help you streamline and improve your research data management.https://events. zoom.us/ev/ Ak9QvvC88V2Mgvr72x6JRgVaTE9uFp BHLoL6C5cnL9PbB6L1WNhu~ AoER5M9E6E89_ OFpsKIs08QEJ7Bgwa4hH1O3lKVsKru rNsOKexIt2Dpmew

Inventory – New Item Relationships

Now you can link items through parent–child relationships to track sample origins, group related items, and document lineage across generations. Available exclusively with premium and enterprise Inventory licenses. https://help. labarchives.com/hc/en-us/ articles/36212423449364-Item- Relationships-NEW

LabArchives ELN: Recent Enhancements

LabArchives ELN now offers streamlined onboarding with new Project and Lab-Wide folder layouts, a redesigned Welcome Page with best-practice guidance, quicker access to Notebook Settings, clearer member details in Account Manager, a Pending Page Witnessing report with icon alerts, and enhanced search results across multiple notebooks. Check it out!

Latest Blog Posts

BLOGLabArchives Granted GovRAMP™ Membership, Strengthening Commitment to Public Sector Security

LabArchives has been granted GovRAMP Membership, marking an important milestone in our commitment to security and compliance for government and public-sector organizations. Formerly known as StateRAMP, GovRAMP provides a unified, NIST-aligned framework for evaluating cloud security across federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, reinforcing our focus on trusted, compliant research platforms.

BLOGEasy Collaboration: Sharing Data without the “Email Trail”

Email was never designed to support modern research collaboration—yet sensitive data, protocols, and results are still routinely shared through attachments and long reply-all threads. This approach creates version confusion, security risks, and disconnected conversations that slow research down. LabArchives ELN replaces the email trail with a secure, centralized environment where data, files, and collaboration happen together—keeping research protected, organized, and moving forward.

BLOGCIO Perspectives on Research Data Security & CMMC Compliance

As federal expectations for securing research data escalate, higher education faces a pivotal shift. CIOs in a recent Internet2 webinar emphasized that institutions unable to meet CMMC requirements risk losing key research opportunities. Their insights highlight the strategic, cultural, and financial steps campuses must take now to stay competitive and compliant.

BLOGIntroducing Brian S. Stengel: Driving Successful Enterprise Relationships at LabArchives

With over 30 years of experience supporting research, teaching, and enterprise IT, Brian Stengel joins the LabArchives Enterprise Success Team with a mission to help institutions unlock the full value of their research and education workflows. His hands-on work with Electronic Lab Notebooks, data transfer services, and faculty systems gives him unique insight into customer needs and challenges.

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