20250827

Progress against our quarterly objectives

Digital Experience

Support researchers in discovering new parts of the collection to further their research goals

• Fix ScrollableGalleryButtons prev/next updates (Safari) #12200

• Work links in Prismic content: Update the addressables index to add linked cards #263

• Work links in content pages: update api documentation #53

• Work links in content pages: Switch to new pipeline / delete old pipeline #264

• Iterate collection landing page designs #12016

Insights and data inform our product decision-making

• Design UX survey #12044

Other

• Upgrade to Next15 #12038

Digital Platform

Improve access to our collections for staff and users

• Simple lookup to override name/description of concepts in the API #6098

Carry out discovery work associated with Wellcome Collection Systems Transformation Programme (WCSTP).

• EBSCO Adapter Iceberg: New trigger lambda #6050

• EBSCO Adapter: Ensure that loader functionality can run in lambda correctly. #6107

• Implement new works ingestor (indexer service) #6093

• Transition between trigger and loader state #6119

• Mimsy data export of VW_INSTRUCTIONS #6108

• Make modify date queryable in denormalised index #6111

• Implement new works ingestor (loader service) #6092

Focusing on next

Digital Experience

Support researchers in discovering new parts of the collection

• Inception workshop for themes in search approach #12071

• Modified search bar #12215

• Proof of concept: Four picture montage #12240

• Pagination on ScrollContainer to be various places #12239

• Tabs-like navigation using pill buttons #12241

• "Type of materials" icons/links to search #12220

• Explore design system integration strategy #12206

• Addressables are never removed from their index #281

• Inside our collection Stories Block #12219

• Full width banners #12218

• Themes block visual explorations #12217

• Move the "Heading yellow bar" above the text #12242

• Collections landing - analytics plan #12244

Increase the quality, visibility and accessibility of access information and resources to support venue visits

• Plan research to understand how people with access needs use the website #12079

Digital Platform

Improve access to our collections for staff and users

• Make 'subject' concepts types more specific #6094

• Create NER evaluation app #6125

• Organisation theme pages: connected people and groups #6101

• Release new pipeline (2025-08-14) to prod catalogue API #6123

• Test Neptune performance when querying by ID #6120

• New works pipeline data verification #6106

• RFC for entity reconcilliation approach #6097

Carry out discovery work associated with Wellcome Collection Systems Transformation Programme (WCSTP)

• Mimsy data export of various fields #6122

• EBSCO Adapter Iceberg: Implement EBSCO transform #6080

Support the goals of the Collection with a healthy, cost effective and secure digital platform

• Investigate improving MIRO takedowns #6126