Author: Phoebe Harkins

The winners of the 2014  Wellcome Image Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Wellcome Trust’s HQ in London this week. The awards, which celebrate the very best in science photography and imaging, were hosted by BBC Medical Correspondent… Continue reading

You will have noticed a number of major changes which have taken place in the Library over the past few weeks, and we have reopened the expanded Rare Materials Room, our new staircase and seating areas. Check out our previous… Continue reading

From Tuesday 4 February, if you’re visiting the Wellcome Library you’ll notice a number of changes when you arrive. As you enter the building, you will need to put your coats and bags in the free, Ground Floor cloakroom. We’ve had to… Continue reading

We’ve joined forces with Wikimedia UK and JISC to provide a one-day edit-a-thon at the Wellcome Trust HQ on Wednesday February 26. Led by Martin Poulter, an ambassador for Wikimedia UK and JISC, this free event will focus on editing and creating Wikipedia entries relating to the history of medicine. If you’re… Continue reading

We are delighted to announce that over 100,000 high resolution images including manuscripts, paintings, etchings, early photography and advertisements are now freely available through Wellcome Images. Drawn from our vast historical holdings, the images are being released under the Creative Commons… Continue reading

We’ve begun work digitising the back issues of one of our most popular journals, Chemist and Druggist. On completion this summer, the digitised journals will be freely available for users worldwide via the Library website and catalogues, as well as the… Continue reading

We thought we’d update you on how things are progressing with the Wellcome Collection Development Project. Thanks for your patience over the past few months. Works are progressing well, and we’ve been striving to maintain as hospitable an environment as… Continue reading

If you’ve visited the Library over the last few weeks, you’ll have noticed that we’ve already made quite a few changes. Monday closures The Library is now closed on Mondays until 31 March 2014. As far as possible, the contractors… Continue reading

We promised to keep you updated on changes to our services during the building works and here’s our first update on a change to our advertised plans. The news This is good news if you’re a Rare Materials Room user.… Continue reading

As we’ve mentioned in our earlier messages, we will be making some changes to the Library services and opening hours over the coming months during the works. Relocation of the Rare Materials Room The Rare Materials Room will be temporarily… Continue reading