Table 1 A table describing the different user studies that have been detailed in this paper
Study | Study dates | No of participants | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
A—BioSistemika’s Webinar Survey [3] | Oct 2015 and Feb 2016 | 228 | Survey of current ELN usage |
B—BioSistemika’s ELN Survey | Mar–Apr 2015 | 196 | Survey of ELN features, costs and barriers |
C—University of Southampton’s ELN study | Summer 2016 | 103 ELNs | Study of the current ELN market: active/inactive ELNs, ELN licensing and platforms |
D—University of Southampton lab practice study (focus groups and lab observations) | Nov 2016–Mar 2017 | 33 | Focus groups with physicists, chemists and biologists. Lab observations of four different chemistry labs at the University to better understand current lab practice |
E—University of Southampton’s Dial-a-Molecule (DaM) Survey and iLabber Pilot Project | Sep 2011 | Initial Survey—88 Start of Trial—92 End of Trial—93 | Surveys to gain knowledge and understand attitudes towards using ELNs and issues identified with using the trialled ELN |
F—University of Southampton’s Communities Survey | 2010–2015 | 94 | Full details of this study can be found in [48] |