We've just released RSpace version 1.52 and will be updating all our servers over the next few days. The focus on this release is on usability, addressing frequently asked for features, and fixing some inconsistencies in existing behaviour. Many people…
Protocols.io and Research Space are pleased to announce an integration of the RSpace electronic lab notebook with protocols.io. This integration, described in the following brief video, enables researchers to link to and import protocols directly from protocols.io into RSpace.…
This is the third and final installment of some reflections on using electronic notebooks (ELNs) as a tool for data curation. The first post looked at ELNs as a low cost alternative to the new Springer Nature research data support…
In the past six months both Cambridge and Harvard have compiled and published substantial overviews of electronic lab notebooks. As described below the formats are somewhat different, but each of these overviews is useful in its own way, and together…
We're putting the final touches to RSpace 1.50, which will be out later this week. There's a lot of improvements and new features to introduce, most of them based on suggestions and requests from you, our users. The most obvious…
This is the second of three posts on electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) as data curation tools. In the first post I looked at how ELNs can serve as low cost and more effective alternatives to Springer Nature's new research data…
The Research Data Support Service and early reactions Springer Nature's recent announcement of its new research data support offering has produced both confusion and some consternation in the research data management and data curation communities. The research data support service…
The second week in February sees our first major release of 2018, 1.49. There's quite a few new features and improvements to bring up. First up, we've spruced up the top section of Notebook entries to give a cleaner, more easily…
The leaves may be turning yellow in Scotland, and the chilly mornings remind us that the year will soon be drawing to a close, but to the RSpace development team it always feels like springtime - we are continually hatching new features…
As RSpace 1.46 is now wrapped up and ready for release, here's a summary of the latest new features. This release we've concentrated on some new integrations and extending the API. First off, there's been quite an interest in using…