Lab notebook

The notebook serves as an organizational tool, a memory aid, and can also have a role in protecting any intellectual property that comes from the research.

In many laboratories, it is the original place of record of data (no copying is carried out from other notes) as well as any observations or insights.

adhere to the concept that a lab notebook should be thought of as a diary of activities that are described in sufficient detail to allow another scientist to replicate the steps.

[5] Researchers are often encouraged to write only with unerasable pen, to sign and date each page, and to have their notebooks inspected periodically by another scientist who can read and understand it.

The openness of the notebook, then, specifically refers to the set of the following points, or elements thereof: The use of a wiki makes it convenient to track contributions by individual authors.