Figure 1

Using feeds and feed readers to aggregate and push laboratory records. A) A screenshot of Google Reader showing an aggregated feed of laboratory notebook entries from http://biolab.isis.rl.ac.uk. Two buttons are highlighted which enable "sharing" to anybody who follows the user's feed or adding a tag. B) Sharing can also include annotating the entry with further information or tagging the entry to place it in a specific category. C) A tag can create a new feed. In this panel a feed has been created that contains all items tagged "neutron reflection". The feed for appriate tags can be consumed by readers with a specific interest such as collaborators on a specific project, regulatory agencies wishing to monitor specific classes of experiment, or funders who require access to research summaries.