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<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">January 3, 2017:</h2>
[[File:Lab book - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - DSC08822.JPG|left|180px]]<br />'''2016 had its share of ups and downs''' for many, and the same holds true for LIMSwiki. From a web attack to dealing with time constraints, it was all about resources, resources, resources. As the wiki has grown over the years, more time has been required for weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc. maintenance tasks. Despite this, however, a few new projects sprung up on the wiki. Though not complete, we made significant headway on [[Government IT contractor|a directory]] (with external links) of U.S. government- and/or self-certified Small Business Administration (SBA) entities offering custom software development and general IT services under government contract. (The idea was those seeking laboratory and scientific informatics implementations could also investigate SBA providers for their service needs.) Developing and adding content for [[:Category:LIMSwiki books|book format]] was also a goal in 2016, including topics such as medical implants, chemistry, health and biomedical informatics, and web application security, among others. And of course we had smaller updates, such as adding LinkedIn URLs to vendor pages, to go along with long-term maintenance and content addition goals like expanding our [[:Category:LIMSwiki journal articles|open-access journal articles]] on a weekly basis. Finally, development of a huge education-related project took up a significant portion of the latter part of 2016; details will appear here in the news in the coming month or so.


We hope in 2017 to continue adding useful content while striving to find balance with the increasing number of maintenance tasks. Happy wikiing, and Happy New Year!
<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">August 24, 2021:</h2>
[[File:Cloud-computing-1.gif|left|180px]] '''I'm pleased to announce the release''' of several new guides! First we have ''[[LII:Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for Your Laboratory|Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for Your Laboratory]]''. This one has been a long while in the making, but we finally have it out in all its first edition glory. This guide examines the current state of [[cloud computing]] and the security mechanisms inherent to it, especially in regards to how they relate to today's [[Laboratory|laboratories]]. The guide also, necessarily, addresses organizational risk management before actually getting into the nuts and bolts of how the lab can benefit from cloud-based informatics applications such as [[laboratory information management system]]s (LIMS). In particular, this guide emphasizes the connection between the laboratory's [[quality control]] personnel and efforts towards maintaining the secure use of cloud applications in the lab. It also addresses the usefulness of managed security services before getting into selecting them and other cloud providers, and the RFI procedures that can benefit the selection process. Several appendices provide extra contextual information to your provider selection journey.


[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 17:43, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Secondly, the ''[[cannaqawiki:RefWork:LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories|LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories]]'' is live on our sister wiki, CannaQAwiki. This guide recognizes the challenges of the current cannabis testing environment for laboratories and identifies the value of the LIMS towards lessening the impact of those challenges on the cannabis testing lab. Happy reading!
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<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">February 12, 2016:</h2>
[[File:Computer hacking.jpg|left|180px]]<br />'''LIMSwiki suffered an unfortunate web attack''' about two weeks ago. I'm not privy to the exact tech details, but as I understand it no user information (usernames and passwords) was ever compromised. The intent seems to have been to take down the site, possibly using malicious code. I understand the tech team has restored the site, though they had to make necessary upgrades to the MediaWiki install as well as other server-side software. This unfortunately had a side effect: we lost our page view counting data. Well, it's not technically lost; it could still be retrieved I believe from the backup file. However, I'm not sure it could be successfully imported into the current build. The attack aside, it seems MediaWiki [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:HitCounters|unceremoniously ditched its built-in counter functionality]] starting with version 1.25. While an extension was developed to reintroduce that functionality, it apparently involves a very specific upgrade process in order to retain that count data. I'm not going to ask the tech team to go back and redo the upgrade and fix from scratch. We'll begin tracking page views again with the new extension and start anew. However, you can still view the historic Top 30 pages (by page view) from April 2012 to January 2016 on the [http://www.limswiki.org/index.php?title=Template:Most_popular_pages&action=history history page] of the associated template. Simply click on the "prev" link of an edit on that page and scroll down to see the listing as it was for that date.  


In the meantime, we carry on with our work, including the addition of some new forensic-related content in the next day or two. Happy wikiing!
[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 17:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 
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<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">July 1, 2021:</h2>
[[File:Kings college 1770.gif|left|180px]] '''This quick update is to inform you''' that after some neglect, the [[LIMSWiki:Resources/Education|education section of the LIMSwiki Resource center]] has finally received an update. Time was short to check everything in each higher education facility's record, but all education program URLs were verfied and updated extensively. In a few cases, additional or new programs were added when found. This resource was originally developed in 2013, and in 2016 it received an update. It was very much in need of a refresh (particularly after the [[COVID-19]] [[pandemic]] ravaged many higher education programs), and I finally found a little time to get it done. Happy educational program hunting!
 
[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 23:49, 1 July 2021 (UTC)


[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 19:44, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
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Revision as of 18:09, 24 August 2021

August 24, 2021:

I'm pleased to announce the release of several new guides! First we have Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for Your Laboratory. This one has been a long while in the making, but we finally have it out in all its first edition glory. This guide examines the current state of cloud computing and the security mechanisms inherent to it, especially in regards to how they relate to today's laboratories. The guide also, necessarily, addresses organizational risk management before actually getting into the nuts and bolts of how the lab can benefit from cloud-based informatics applications such as laboratory information management systems (LIMS). In particular, this guide emphasizes the connection between the laboratory's quality control personnel and efforts towards maintaining the secure use of cloud applications in the lab. It also addresses the usefulness of managed security services before getting into selecting them and other cloud providers, and the RFI procedures that can benefit the selection process. Several appendices provide extra contextual information to your provider selection journey.

Secondly, the LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories is live on our sister wiki, CannaQAwiki. This guide recognizes the challenges of the current cannabis testing environment for laboratories and identifies the value of the LIMS towards lessening the impact of those challenges on the cannabis testing lab. Happy reading!

Shawn Douglas (talk) 17:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


 

July 1, 2021:

Kings college 1770.gif

This quick update is to inform you that after some neglect, the education section of the LIMSwiki Resource center has finally received an update. Time was short to check everything in each higher education facility's record, but all education program URLs were verfied and updated extensively. In a few cases, additional or new programs were added when found. This resource was originally developed in 2013, and in 2016 it received an update. It was very much in need of a refresh (particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged many higher education programs), and I finally found a little time to get it done. Happy educational program hunting!

Shawn Douglas (talk) 23:49, 1 July 2021 (UTC)