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Open research

A growing community for electronic research notebooks

Jisc has supported the electronic research notebooks (ERN) community for many years by funding workshops, running case studies, and collecting detailed requirements from the sector.  You can find much of this early work on the research notebooks community website. These efforts led to the creation of the research notebooks working group, which now supports the community through the website managed by the University of Glasgow and by […]

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Open research

The National Open Science Festival at the University of Groningen: MEET | SHARE | INSPIRE | CARE

Anna Hughes, Development and engagement manager, Jisc, recently attended the Netherlands National Open Science Festival at the University of Groningen. Held annually for the past five years, it is an opportunity for the Dutch open science community – professional research support staff, researchers from across all disciplines, librarians and open access publishers – to mingle […]

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Digital Preservation Open research

From paper to pixels: How Electronic Research Notebooks are reshaping research practice

On 10 September 2025, the Jisc Digital research community group gathered for a vibrant and thought-provoking meet-up focused on Electronic Research Notebooks (ERNs) – a topic that’s rapidly gaining traction across disciplines and institutions. With over 127 registered attendees and 65 participants joining live, the session spotlighted the real-world implementation of ERNs* at the Cancer […]