Discussion
Lab Notebooks and Record Keeping
Many lab facilities require a standardized format for lab notebooks and sample handling. More reading material to be incorporated has been added at the bottom of this discussion topic. Please ensure that you have a minimum of 350 words plus references.
Comment on the advantages and disadvantages to the record keeping process.
How, why, and who should monitor this process?
Produce an example of how a page in a lab notebook would be organized. What information should be included by all members of a lab in recording the work done for each day?
Lastly, discuss the importance of laboratory notebooks in patent filing especially in the view of the new era of first to file instead of old system of first to invent.
Guidelines-Scientific_Recordkeeping
Electronic lab notebooks_ can they replace paper
Electronic notebook in a post America Invents Act