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Supporting Laboratory Research through digital repositories

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> R4L Final Report

The project Final Report has been compiled and given to JISC. More ...

> R4L in D-Lib Magazine

A short article about the R4L project has been published in the March/April 2007 issue of D-Lib Magazine (March 2007). More ...

> New R4L repository architecture design implemented

The newly redesigned and improved R4L repository can be previewed at r4l-dev.eprints.org (16th Feb. 2007). More ...

> R4L in a RIN report

The R4L project has been mentioned in a report by the Research Information Network (5th Feb. 2007). More ...

> R4L to conduct a SPECTRa survey

R4L has agreed to conduct a survey on the Use of Computers and the Internet in Chemistry Research (February. 2007). More ...

> R4L Probity Service up and running

The service allows researchers to register their results and findings, and can guarantee... (Sept. 2006). More ...

What the Project is doing?

R4L Overview diagram

This project will address the area of interactions between repositories of primary research data, the laboratory environment in which they operate and repositories of research publications into which they ultimately feed (through documented interpretation and analysis of the results and in explicit linking and citation of the data sets). It will develop prototype services and tools to address the issues of working with, disseminating and reporting on experimental data. In collaboration with scientific equipment manufacturers the project will develop methods to make raw experimental data available and richly annotated with metadata, as it is generated in the laboratory. The possibilities for aggregating heterogeneous raw experimental data from different sources and experiments, via effective management of the repository for the laboratory, will also be explored and prototype tools developed to enable, manipulate and derive reports for publication purposes. It will also engage in discussions with publishers and societies to determine anticipated requirements. More ...


Our sister site eprints.org offers focal points for support services, community building, news and information on OAI-based open-access institutional archives.
Project Information
What is R4L?
A research project investigating and developing digital data and document repositories for laboratory-based science.
Who are the active Project Partners?
Southampton University, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.
What is the Timescale?
June 2005 - May 2007.
Funding?
R4L is funded by JISC within the programme Digital Repositories.

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Contact Information
Email Dr Simon Coles, Project Manager

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Project Partners
  • The University of Southampton
    • The School of Electronics and Computer Science
    • The School of Chemistry
  • The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
  • Rigaku MSC (Laboratory Equipment Manufacturers)
  • Bruker axs (Laboratory Equipment Manufacturers)

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