The Brown University Library’s research data management and publishing support services listed below are available to all Brown-affiliated faculty, staff, and students, including clinical faculty with Brown credentials. Learn about our full array of research support services at https://library.brown.edu/info/research-support-services/.
Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs)
Brown University has a license for LabArchives electronic lab. Principal investigators can create project notebooks for each lab member, and users can share them with internal and external collaborators. In compliance with Brown’s Research Data and Research Materials Management, Sharing, and Retention Policy, the PI will retain ownership and access to all members’ notebooks. Graduating and departing lab members can make and take a copy of their notebooks. Brown’s license also includes LabArchives for Education, for use in lab courses. This tool allows instructors to create a course lab notebook containing protocols and assignments and generate a copy for each student; students and TAs may be given different levels of access, and both individual and group work are supported. Contact the Library for support at labarchives@brown.edu or sign up for training on research or educational ELN use.
Support for NIH’s New Data Management and Sharing Plans
The Library’ Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMP) consulting service can connect researchers with funder templates and Brown resources for managing and sharing data. Access templates and Brown’s guidance and submit a draft DMP for library review by logging into and using the DMPTool and following the prompts. Contact the Library for support at data_management@brown.edu.
Support for Brown’s Faculty Open Access Policy
In 2021, the Brown faculty adopted a Faculty Open Access Policy, in which faculty are called upon to deposit either a copy of a working paper (pre-print), a final peer-reviewed manuscript, or an open-access publication. The Library can help with deposit in various open access and public access repositories, such as Brown’s branded-space within BioRxiv or MedRxiv; a funder’s publication repository such as PubMed Central (PMC); or the Brown Digital Repository (BDR). The Library also has a growing list of read and publish agreements with publishers to waive or reduce fees for immediate open access. Contact open@brown.edu for more information.