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📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 34, 2025!

Today with updates from @elabftw.bsky.social @nfdi4chem.de @nfdi4earth.bsky.social and #PUNCH4NFDI. Enjoy reading!

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This is the last News Digest before the summer break.
#FAIRElephantNews #ChemSky #FAIRdata #InChI
August 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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You think about using an electronic Lab Journal (ELN), but don't know how to start?

Here is an overview over centrally hosted #ELN installations at german universities.
You prefer your own chemotion installation: helpdesk@nfdi4chem.de

t1p.de/hi3t4 

#chemistry #chemsky #rdm #fdm
August 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Excited to meet everyone!
August 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 33, 2025!

Today, with a report on centrally hosted #ElectronicLabNotebooks by @nfdi4chem.de, and I am looking for some feedback. So check it out and enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #RDM #ELN #FAIRdata #ChemSky
August 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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August 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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August 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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🚨 Deadline extended!
Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July!

If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you.

Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX

#TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 28, 2025!

Today with updates by @fairmat.bsky.social and @researchspace.com. Topics are #AI-driven research and improved (meta)data documentation. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
July 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
📣 News Digest RDM #NaturalScience Week 27, 2025!
Today with great news from the @nfdi.de and #NFDI4Cat and @nfdi4chem.de as well as some updates from #PUNCH4NFDI. Enjoy reading!

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#FAIRElephantNews #FAIRdata #WomenInScience #RDM #ResearchDataManagement
July 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Welcome to the first issue of RDM Weekly, a weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources!

To kick off this newsletter, I will be doing a drawing for 1 free @rfortherestofus.com course for anyone who subscribes by Friday! Winner will be notified via email.

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RDM Weekly - Issue 001
A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.
open.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
June 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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I thought I might revisit this blog post. It's been a while now so if anyone on #Chemsky has been through the ChemDraw/ChemOffice license renewal, and is free to talk about their experience, get in touch and we'll see what the state of play is. 🧪 chemistryandcomputers.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/c...
ChemDraw price jumps 500%
OK rather than string a bunch of tweets together I’m going to try and collect my thoughts here. This page will be evolving over the course of the weekend. Forgive me if it seems a bit higgled…
chemistryandcomputers.wordpress.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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May 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Open source Electronic Lab Notebooks offer alignment with the values of code transparency, FAIR data principals, low entry cost, and the possibility of customized connections to other data tools. Read more here: elnsoftware.blogspot.com/2025/04/open...
Open Source Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN) in Academic Research: Balancing Openness, Sustainability, and Institutional Readiness
advantages of open source ELN
elnsoftware.blogspot.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Great to see how data handling in #chemistry is improving step by step! Congrats @nfdi4chem.de and all the other partners involved.

#ChemSky #ElectronicLabNotebooks #ELN
A new process for transferring cyclic voltammetry measurements from lab instruments to electronic notebooks, to yield open, standardised data can help other scientists to store and manage their experimental data to adhere to Fair data principles.
Digital workflow for electroanalytical technique is Fair data exemplar
Case study illustrates how to collect data, convert it into a standardised format then deposit it in an accessible repository
www.chemistryworld.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Enter the Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs)—a digital revolution that’s reshaping the way research is done.

Here’s why ELNs are game-changers:

✅ Searchable records – Find past experiments in seconds, not hours.
✅ Data security – Cloud backups protect your findings from spills or loss.
May 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM