LabArchives

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{{Infobox software

| name = LabArchives

| developer = LabArchives LLC

| released = 2009

| genre = Electronic lab notebook (ELN)

| website = {{URL|www.labarchives.com/}}

}}

LabArchives is a line of cloud-based electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) sold by LabArchives, LLC, which was founded in 2009 by Earl B. Beutler and Kirk Schneider.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/custom-publishing/technology-features/paperless-lab|title=The paperless lab|date=2015-03-12|website=Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en|access-date=2017-08-10}}

LabArchives partnered with BioMed Central in 2012 to store and identify datasets that support peer-reviewed publications.{{cite web|last1=Hrynaszkiewicz|first1=Iain|title=LabArchives and BioMed Central: a new platform for publishing scientific data|url=http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2012/04/04/labarchives-and-biomed-central-a-new-platform-for-publishing-scientific-data/|website=BioMed Central blog|publisher=BioMed Central|access-date=25 April 2016|date=2012-04-04}} Datasets can be assigned digital object identifiers (DOI) to create a permanent link between the scientific article and the datasets that support it.{{cite web|url=https://blog.labarchives.com/2011/04/19/labarchives-and-dois/|title=LabArchives and "doi's"|date=2011-04-19|website=Labarchives' Blog|publisher=LabArchives|access-date=26 April 2016}}

LabArchives collaborated with many educational institutions to pilot and study the particular needs of this community. Instructors in a bioengineering course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison published results of a pilot effort using the software to teach the course in 2014,{{Cite journal|last=Puccinelli|first=John P.|last2=Nimunkar|first2=Amit Janardhan|date=2014|title=An Experience with Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in Real-World, ClientBased BME Design Courses|journal=121st ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition|publisher=American Society for Engineering Education|url=https://www.asee.org/public/conferences/32/papers/9589/view}} and Yale published a report of adopting it for research labs in 2014.{{cite journal|last2=Flowers|first2=Themba|date=2014|title=There's an App for That: Electronic Lab Notebooks: Supporting Laboratory Data in the Digital Era|url=http://www.istl.org/14-spring/app.html|journal=Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship|issue=74|doi=10.5062/F4V9861X|last1=Bogdan|first1=Kristin|access-date=26 April 2016}} Several studies were also presented at the 2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bcceprogram2014.haydenmcneil.com/|title=2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education|date=2014-02-12|work=BCCE 2014|access-date=2017-08-10|language=en-US}}

Since 2014, LabArchives has been an Internet2 approved ELN.{{Cite news|url=http://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2015/03/unfolding-trends/unfolding-trends/|title=Unfolding-Trends – digitalLEARNING Magazine|access-date=2017-08-10|language=en-US}}

LabArchives also offers a laboratory inventory program.{{Cite web |title=Inventory |url=https://www.labarchives.com/inventory/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=LabArchives |language=en-US}} as well as scheduling software for management of resources{{Cite web |title=Scheduler |url=https://www.labarchives.com/scheduler/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=LabArchives |language=en-US}}

LabArchives was acquired by Insightful Science (now Dotmatics) in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-10 |title=Insightful Science Acquires LabArchives to Expand its Electronic Lab Notebook and LIMS Solutions for Scientific Discovery |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211110005690/en/Insightful-Science-Acquires-LabArchives-to-Expand-its-Electronic-Lab-Notebook-and-LIMS-Solutions-for-Scientific-Discovery |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}