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The Social Justice Curriculum — what have we learned?
The Social Justice Curriculum — what have we learned?
Amy Kavanagh and Natasha Trotman share their experiences facilitating WC’s staff learning programme, the Social Justice Curriculum.
Selene Burn
Feb 19
When is a duplicate not a duplicate? Multiple copies and discoveries in the Early Printed Books
When is a duplicate not a duplicate? Multiple copies and discoveries in the Early Printed Books
In the depths of the Wellcome Collection lies a selection of early printed books (books printed pre-1851) referred to as ‘duplicates’
Alexandra Hill
Aug 24, 2023
Holding Space: The Indigenous Knowledges Project at the Halfway Point
Holding Space: The Indigenous Knowledges Project at the Halfway Point
Rhiannon Sorrell, visiting research fellow for the AHRC-NEH Indigenous Knowledges grant shares her perspective on the project
sjfrench
Mar 9, 2023
Memoirs of an Arabic Manuscript Cataloguer
Memoirs of an Arabic Manuscript Cataloguer
Rosie Maxton shares some reflections on working with the Arabic collection at Wellcome Collection
Rosie Maxton
Mar 7, 2023
Collections
ذكريات مُفهرِسة المخطوطات العربية
ذكريات مُفهرِسة المخطوطات العربية
روزي ماكستون تشارك تجربتها في فهرسة المخطوطات العربية في مكتبة “ويلكم” على مدى السنوات الأربع الماضية
Rosie Maxton
Mar 7, 2023
Clinical Cataloguing: Processing the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research Archive
Clinical Cataloguing: Processing the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research Archive
Archivist Annie Lord on the work to make this collection more accessible to researchers and finding ways for patient voices to be heard
Annie Lord
Feb 2, 2023
Weaving a digital thread through Wellcome Collection
Weaving a digital thread through Wellcome Collection
A brief history of Wellcome Collection’s digital transformation since 2017.
Tom Scott
Oct 24, 2022
Shaping Narratives: Interview with PhD researcher Angeliki-Myrto Farmaki
Shaping Narratives: Interview with PhD researcher Angeliki-Myrto Farmaki
Hear from Myrto Farmaki about her six-month placement at Wellcome Collection, her approach to research and ‘Shaping Narratives’ project
Sophie Schneider
Oct 20, 2022
A Little Word
A Little Word
How the silent yet visceral reaction of two young visitors to Wellcome’s Medicine Man gallery contributed to the end of an era.
Sally Grey
Oct 3, 2022
Digital Platform
How moving to the cloud took our digital collections to new heights
How moving to the cloud took our digital collections to new heights
Moving to the cloud freed us of technical limitations, and lets us make better decisions about the future of our collections.
Alex Chan
Feb 9, 2023
Accessible exhibition guides, creating an equal and enjoyable experience for our gallery spaces
Accessible exhibition guides, creating an equal and enjoyable experience for our gallery spaces
Wellcome Collection’s exhibition guides, creating a consistent and enjoyable experience both online and in person
Alice Richmond
Oct 27, 2022
What are you thinking when searching our collections?
What are you thinking when searching our collections?
What people type into a search box can reveal a lot about where in a research process they are and what they’re hoping to find. This post…
Jenn Phillips-Bacher
Apr 30, 2021
Making Wellcome Collection searchable
Making Wellcome Collection searchable
Discovering how to query our new, unified catalogue data
Harrison Pim
Apr 29, 2021
Building our new unified collections search
Building our new unified collections search
Collaboration between our digital and collections teams helped to build a single search box for all of our catalogues
Alex Chan
Mar 29, 2021
Our approach to digital verification
Our approach to digital verification
How we ensure the safety, security, and integrity of the files in our digital collections
Alex Chan
Jan 18, 2021
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