Hands-on eLabFTW - Introduction to the electronic lab notebook

Target group: Students, scientific staff, technical/administrational staff, professors

Date: 06.11.2025, 9am - 12pm

Location: MC Room, Universitätsbibliothek (Building C1), Leibnizstr. 2

Trainer: Jessica Hiller, Dr. Florian Strauß
Course language: German
Frequency: regular/ per semester

Work units: 4

Registration: until 30.10.2025

In this hands-on training course you will get to know the electronic lab notebook (ELN) eLabFTW offered at Clausthal University of Technology.

After a short theoretical introduction to the topic of electronic lab notebooks you will learn the basics of the ELN in a practical way. Exercises will familiarize you with the ELN.

You are also welcome to bring your own experimental data (descriptions of substances and experimental procedures, observations, results) for the exercises, if available.

At the end of the course you will know

  • how the electronic lab notebook eLabFTW is structured
  • what roles and rights exist
  • how secure your data is
  • what advantages the ELN has over a paper lab notebook
  • how your own work can be structured in the ELN
  • how to import and export entries

The course takes place in the MC room of the University Library. You do not need to bring your own laptop.