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Progress against our quarterly objectives

Digital Experience

Explore new ways for researchers to browse the collection

  • Display stories on works pages #12381 e.g Swaddled baby

  • Query content-api for articles which mention works #314

  • Explore options for newly digitised works data #12326

  • Newly digitised works page designs #12474

  • Extract CREATEDATE from METS and load into works-source #12475

  • Collections page content refresh #12462

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

  • Integrate accessibility page prototype #12499

Achieve visual consistency on wellcomecollection.org

  • Design system integration: fonts #12318

  • Design system integration: grid #12454

  • Design System integration: breakpoints #12456

  • Design system integration: spacing #12321

  • Spacing between subheading, description and content is off #12459

Other

  • Add promo card for daily tours back to What's On #10604

  • Move Hotjar script back to codebase from GTM #12457

Progress against our quarterly objectives

Digital Platform

Improve access to our collections for staff and users

  • TIMETRVLR (Part I) (Sub III) Deploy map for limited public viewing #6188

  • Switch production API to use new works index built from catalogue graph #6207

  • Compare final works populated by Python vs Scala #6205

  • Update front-end to accommodate new work hierarchy structure from catalogue graph #6209

Implementation of Wellcome Collection Systems Transformation Programme (WCSTP)

  • Implement Axiell OAI-PMH Adapter Core Pipeline #6219

  • Mimsy data export, CATALOGUE & PEOPLES_DATES #6180

  • Remove old EBSCO e-resources Adapter and Transformer code. #6210

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

  • Remove updown.io configuration #6190

Other

  • Update to rules for requesting #6212

  • Remove 2025-08-04 pipeline #6211

Focusing on next

Digital Experience

Explore new ways for researchers to browse the collection

  • createdDateSortRequest in catalogue-api #12479

  • Catalogue-pipeline: enable work id filter #12510

  • Decide direction and scope for thematic browsing next steps #12466

  • Iterate thematic browsing #12467

  • Set up HotJar recordings and heat maps for Collections Landing Page #12465

  • Update page titles on theme pages to reflect new label changes #12508

  • Explore solutions for fetching works and concepts through Prismic #12512

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

  • Conduct usability testing on Accessibility information #12320

Other

  • Remove authV2 toggle and all related code #12476

  • Back Up Prismic Media Assets #12458

Digital Platform

Improve access to our collections for staff and users

  • Standardise and deduplicate concept filters/aggregations #6223

  • Clean up relation embedder code, related Scala services, and infra after new works index rollout #6221

Implementation of Wellcome Collection Systems Transformation Programme (WCSTP)

  • AxC Integration: Implement an XSLT transform for exhibitions data set #6201

  • AxC Adapter refinement: authentication, window loading, record IDs, tags #6216

  • AxC Adapter testing: record load and validation #6217

  • Adapter transformer alignment: common framework for EBSCO & AxC #6218

  • AxC: Implement transform for public catalogue #6203

  • Decouple index and pipeline dates in rank tests #6220

  • Mimsy data export DATE_MADE #6213

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

  • Create an IAM user for external access #6224

Other

  • In Rank, upgrade to use UV and python ≥3.12; verify local & CI builds; optionally migrate CI to GitHub Actions #118

  • Terraform churn fix #6225

  • API tolerant to key ES credentials update #6226

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