In the Library
We’re always working on exciting new projects and developments at the Wellcome Library. Find out about them here, and about changes to services and resources for Library members. Go behind the scenes to meet the staff and find out what they do, and look out for opportunities to work with us!
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Digitising our incunabula: final phase of the early European printed books project
We’re nearing the end of our early European printed books digitisation project with ProQuest. After four years of digitisation, nearly 3.8 million images have been captured from 8,850 volumes published outside the UK before 1701. In the final phase of… Continue reading
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Finding full-text articles just got easier!
If you’re interested in finding full-text online journal articles for your research, we have a new search function in the Library catalogue. It allows you to search across more of our e-journals simultaneously than ever before. When searching the catalogue… Continue reading
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Wellcome Trust research bursaries
We are delighted to announce a new Wellcome Trust Research Bursaries scheme. This scheme is for small and medium-scale research projects based on library or archive collections supported by the Wellcome Trust. Projects must focus either on Wellcome Library holdings or… Continue reading
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Data access versus data protection: getting the balance right
Data Protection Day is something close to our hearts here in the Library given the huge amount of personal data we hold on the health and sexual lives of living people in our collection of films, audio recordings, artworks, photographs… Continue reading
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From bookshelf to screen: creating a digital library
45,000 pages per day, 10 source libraries, 1 scanning centre. The UK Medical Heritage Library is one of the largest digitisation projects on the Internet Archive’s plate right now, producing an online resource for the study of the history of medicine… Continue reading
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A vision for online library services – what do you think?
Tell us your thoughts! The Wellcome Library is working with a group of UK academic libraries to develop our vision for and delivery of online library services. We want to understand how you are currently using online library resources and… Continue reading
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Anthropology on film
With the theme ‘Past forward’, the Margaret Mead Film Festival runs at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, from 23-26 October 2014. The festival, which has been running since 1977, is a premiere showcase for international… Continue reading
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New Library Study Rooms Are Now Available
One of the final parts of the redevelopment of the Wellcome Library has been taking shape over the past few weeks. We now have study rooms that can be booked by Library members. The rooms have been designed in direct… Continue reading
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Welcome Back to the Gallery Area in the Library!
We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be reopening the gallery area on the third floor to Library users on Monday 18 August. You’ll once again have full access to the open shelf History of Medicine collection as books from shelfmarks … Continue reading
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Improving login: see your password when you need to
Do you ever need to see your password when you’re trying to log on to the Wellcome Library? If so, we’ve just added the option to show your password when logging in. Simply click ‘show’ in the password box to… Continue reading