What’s changing in March?
By the end of March 2021 most of wellcomelibrary.org will be retired, after many years of valued service. Some webpages will be transferred as they are, while others will no longer be available.
Catalogues
Most of the catalogue services that you’re familiar with will still be available and you can already access them in the Collections section at wellcomecollection.org.
Some things, such as a new document ordering function will take a bit longer to appear because we haven’t been able to test them while the library has been closed during lockdown. We hope to have these services on wellcomecollection.org by the summer.
Blog
After March, the Wellcome Library Blog archive will only be available on the Internet Archive platform.
London’s Pulse
The London medical officers of health (MOH) reports interface will no longer be available via the library website after March, but you’ll still be able to access it directly https://wellcomelibrary.org/moh/.
All of our digitised historical MOH reports, including those from the rest of the country that are not on London’s Pulse, are available through the catalogue on the Wellcome Collection website.
Digital Collections
All the items in our digital collections will be available via the catalogue search in the Collections section.
More about the site merger
We have shared our plans over the past few months on the Stacks blog, where we talk about our work. Here is what we have said:
If you want to know what we’re working on in the Wellcome Collection website, take a look at our roadmap at roadmap.wellcomecollection.org.
If you have any other questions, please get in touch at library@wellcomecollection.org
What happens next?
Changes to the merged Wellcome Collection website will continue to be tested and developed after the library site is retired.
We’d appreciate your help and feedback to improve our website. If you’re interested in working with us, please join our User Panel.
Simon Demissie
Library Experience & Engagement Manager
March 2021
