LabArchives is the world’s leading ELN (Electronic Laboratory Notebook) with 700,000 scientists and more than 80,000 students using the LabArchives Platform this year.

LabArchives ELN for Educations is the LabArchives ELN for Research, but it includes a suite of course management tools that make it easy to use in higher ed lab courses (grading, assignment creator, integrations with Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, lab manual publishing, etc).

These are terms used in the LabArchives platform to describe the hierarchical structure used to organize content and data.  It is similar to folder and file structures on a computer hard drive or cloud storage system.

Absolutely! Students have access to content as it is updated by you.  You don’t have to provide all the content for the entire term if you don’t want to. You can add new content at any time.

Once you find an item you wish to transfer to your personal course notebook, right-click on the folder or page and select “copy-to“.

As many as you like! Keep checking in, as we will be updating the library on an ongoing basis.

Yes, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Lab Builder for more information.

Lab Builder is included as a part of LabArchives.  There is no additional cost to use Lab Builder content for instructors or for students.  Instructors do not have to pay anything to use LabArchives in their course and they receive, complimentary, the Professional Edition of Lab Archives as well.

• Student Paid: Students can pay for LabArchives with a credit card, PayPal, or through their university bookstore.
• Institution Paid:  LabArchives collects payment from the institution.

The Lab Builder library will be updated on a rolling basis.  The initial release includes 150 labs and 40 protocols. Over time, you will see more content from more disciplines and sub-disciplines.

Unlike learning management systems (LMS), LabArchives is specifically designed for scientific research and laboratory courses. LabArchives offers tools and functions not available in an LMS.  LabArchives has integrations with some LMS offerings (Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard).

Yes, LabArchives is always willing to organize pilot programs for instructors.

LabArchives student notebooks are better organized than paper notebooks and are more useful to students as they prepare and apply for professional positions in industry or academia. Download study here.

Students prefer LabArchives as it is more compatible with their increasingly digital skill set, enables more interaction with course instructors and TAs, and reduces student costs. Download study here.

With the LabArchives Activity Feed, Instructors and TAs can see all student activities. Instructors and TAs can see details about actions taken by students throughout the course.

The LabArchives Activity Feed provides instructors and TAs with data on student logins, time spent on the platform, activities completed, and other specifics that allow instructors to get a sense of how much, or how little, a student is engaging with course content.

Yes. TAs and instructors use LabArchives in very similar ways. Like instructors, TAs can collaborate with students, leave comments and annotations, and grade student work within LabArchives. Professors control editing rights for TAs.

Just a few minutes! Some instructors set up their entire course at the beginning of the term while others add course content as the term progresses. Either way, getting a course up and running on LabArchives takes minutes.

The LabArchives support team is available to help instructors set up their courses and to answer instructor, TA, and student questions at any point during the semester.

Instructors can use LabArchives for multiple courses at any time. Most instructors create a separate  course notebook / manual for each course and share it with the students enrolled in that course.

Pages and notebooks can be locked. Once submitted, assignments are “locked”. Instructors and TAs can remove the “lock” when necessary.

The instructor selects a notebook to serve as the lab manual and the Instructor notebook. When a course ends, LabArchives notebooks remain in the system for a minimum of six months. Students can refer back to their work or export it as an ePortfolio for graduate school or employment applications. Instructors can duplicate their notebooks for use in future courses.

Yes.  If an instructor or department charges for their course manual, LabArchives can facilitate collection of payment and remittance of fees to the department or institution.  There are no minimum term obligations, proofing costs, or publishing set-up fees. Students realize lower costs and departments / institutions recover expenses as a result of the efficiency and cost structure of LabArchives for this purpose.

Yes, LabArchives is compliant with 21 CFR part 11, HIPAA, NIST 800-171 and many more.

The customer owns all data entered into LabArchives. 

More than 700,000 researchers currently use LabArchives.

LabArchives does SSO with numerous systems including Active Directory, Shibboleth, and others.

Yes, all data stored on US servers stays within the United States. LabArchives also currently offers servers in Australia and Europe with plans for other AWS regions  for expansion.

Yes, LabArchives is compliant with 21 CFR part 11, HIPAA, NIST 800-171 and many more.

The customer owns all data entered into LabArchives. 

LabArchives does SSO with numerous systems including Active Directory, Shibboleth, and others.

Yes, all data stored on US servers stays within the United States. LabArchives also currently offers servers in Australia and Europe.

Yes, LabArchives is compliant with 21 CFR part 11, HIPAA, NIST 800-171 and many more.

The customer owns all data entered into LabArchives. 

More than 610,000 researchers currently use LabArchives.

LabArchives does SSO with numerous systems including Active Directory, Shibboleth, and others.

Yes, all data stored on US servers stays within the United States. LabArchives also currently offers servers in Australia and Europe.

SnapGene, Microsoft Office, Graphpad Prism, and dozens of others.

LabArchives offers two main licensing options: 

• Individual licensing starting at $186/user/year
• Enterprise licensing – comes with dozens of enhanced benefits. Quoted on a case by case basis.

Please inquire for your respective needs.

LabArchives has an expert representative team that will create and execute a custom implementation plan designed on your company needs. LabArchives can also assist with data migration as needed. LabArchives can handle all training and deployment.

LabArchives Scheduler is a calendar and scheduling service for the management and scheduling of laboratory equipment.  It provides a centralized calendar and sign up facility to enable members of the lab to schedule usage of various resources in the lab.

Equipment can be set up to require an approval from a lab manager.

Maximum reservation times can be set. Quotas can be used to ensure that individuals are not exceeding a limit on how often or how long they can use a piece of equipment.

If there is scheduled downtime, simply blackout the expected repair times. If there is an immediate repair needed, you can take the equipment offline and cancel any reservations for that time.

LabArchives Scheduler is a calendar and scheduling service for the management and scheduling of laboratory equipment.  It provides a centralized calendar and sign up facility to enable members of the lab to schedule usage of various resources in the lab.

Equipment can be set up to require an approval from a lab manager.

Maximum reservation times can be set. Quotas can be used to ensure that individuals are not exceeding a limit on how often or how long they can use a piece of equipment.

If there is scheduled downtime, simply blackout the expected repair times. If there is an immediate repair needed, you can take the equipment offline and cancel any reservations for that time.

Say goodbye to sign up sheets and quarrels over who is using the flow cytometer at 2pm. See at a glance what is being used, when and by whom. Eliminate double bookings and maximize the usage of expensive equipment.

LabArchives Scheduler allows for an unlimited number of additional attributes, so you can record all information necessary with each reservation. This info will show up on the reservation details as well as in your reports.

Yes, LabArchives Scheduler supports imports of equipment, users and reservations so you don’t have to recreate anything that’s already been recorded.