20240228

Progress against our quarterly objectives

Increase access to our collections

  • EBSCO - Investigate implementing a MARCXML transformer (using example data) #2556

  • Born digital: Add file size to download links #10607; Refactor code for transforming iiif manifest/canvas and for rendering canvas items #10606; next design iteration for files available for download on the works page - all behind the ‘Display born digital files toggle’

Increase findability across our collections and stories

  • Events: three filters now available for events search behind the ‘Add Events to Search pages’ toggle #10647

Wellcomecollection.org is reliable, efficient and compliant

  • Allow CALM and Archivematica records to merge #2508

  • Understand and resolve issue with unexpected discrepancy in image search #2549

  • Protect IIIF APIs from bot traffic to decrease costs #419

  • Adding Monitoring agents to EC2 instances to monitor potential malicious activity #410

  • Investigate and make recommendations for moving to Slice Machine (development for our content management system) #10649

  • Set up for analysis of traffic between concept and work pages in Segment #10642

  • Ensure we’re not tracking if no consent is given (behind a toggle) #10623

  • First stage of cookie supplier evaluation completed #10655 #10656 #10657

Focusing on next

Increase access to our collections

  • Offsite requesting:

    • Move calculating available dates for item requesting to the items API #741

  • EBSCO

    • Setup a lambda to receive data from the EBSCO SFTP #2552

    • Implement a MARCXML transformer

    • Confirm with EBSCO that they can provide the MARCXML where needed

  • Restricted access

    • Get confirmation on patron type for accessing restricted content

  • Plan library data link explorer work

  • Downloadable born digital files

    • Design mobile-view works page

    • Show to collections team

    • Investigate archive tree flexibility (design and dev)

    • Implement designs on works page

Increase findability across our collections and stories

  • Events search

    • Add two filters (available online, location: in our building or online)

    • Bring out from toggle?

    • Plan for how we understand usage

Wellcomecollection.org is reliable, efficient and compliant

  • Consent Management Platform solution (cookies)

    • Look at Civic UK Pro version from UX / UI design perspective

    • Agree design of banner and preference centre

Team goal - Product and team vision, goals & priorities are clear & communicate

  • Refine vision and goals with the Collections team

Other

  • Look at why ByteSpider traffic is still making it to the front end

  • Extend load balancer health checks or search API to fail if it can’t connect to ES (including Investigate Elasticsearch timeout can be fatal to the ingestor. #2268)

  • Whiteboard session on what could make observability of the pipeline better

  • Discuss how we treat images

  • Can InfoSec see our EC2 instances from the CrowdStrike work previously done

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