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.

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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

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.

BLOGLabArchives Reaffirms ISO 27001:2022 Certification as Part of Dotmatics’ Unified Commitment to Information Security Excellence

LabArchives has once again achieved the ISO 27001:2022 certification, reaffirming our ongoing commitment to safeguarding research data with globally recognized standards for information security management, now strengthened as part of the unified Dotmatics Group certification.

BLOGBeyond the Bench - The Strategic Value of ELNs for Institutional Leadership

Research leaders face rising demands for efficiency, compliance, and data transparency. The July 2025 Internet2 webinar with UMass Chan Medical School revealed how LabArchives moves beyond the bench to meet these challenges. From streamlining IT infrastructure to advancing FAIR data principles, a unified ELN strategy empowers CIOs, CISOs, CROs, and CFOs to align research, security, and strategy.

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