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| News Catherine Draycott, Head of Wellcome Images, has been selected by the Royal Photographic Society for its Combined Royal Colleges Medal for 2009. more Re-edit medical history film A new addition to the Wellcome Film project has been made: downloadable videos to keep, edit and watch as you wish from your own computer. more The Wellcome Library is to adopt JPEG2000 to ensure efficiency in storing its digital content whilst maintaining the high levels of quality and open standards required for long-term preservation. more by Frances Larson has recently been published by OUP Oxford. John Symons We were saddened to learn of the death last week of John Symons, former Curator of Early Printed Books and a long-time member of the Library's staff. more Free workshops at the Wellcome Library Our team of library and archive professionals are offering a series of short practical sessions to help you to discover and take advantage of the variety of Wellcome Library resources. more The DNA fingerprint was 25 years old in September. Wellcome Images holds a photo of the original autoradiograph, discovered by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys in his lab at Leicester University, where he still works today. more Professor Jeffreys’ work will feature in a forthcoming exhibition at Wellcome Collection; Identity: Eight rooms, nine lives opens on 26 November. You can now search the titles of all the recipes in the Library's 76 digitised medical recipe books. more Wellcome Image Awards 2009 This year marks the 10th Wellcome Image Awards, which will be announced on 14 October. The Wellcome Image Awards recognise the most informative, striking and technically excellent images acquired by Wellcome Images. Over the years, the images presented in the Awards have impressed audiences with their powerful insights into the structures of the body and the diseases that affect it. So far, the winning images have been created using a range of microscopic techniques, from combinations of light microscopy and innovative histological approaches to electron microscopy and cutting-edge imaging research. This year, to celebrate the 10th award ceremony, two additional categories have been included: photography and illustration. The winners of the 10th awards have been selected from images acquired by Wellcome Images since the previous awards in 2008. The 2009 awards will be presented by Dr Alice M Roberts at a ceremony at Wellcome Collection on 14 October 2009. You can see a display of all the winning images at Wellcome Collection in what was the Virtual Library from 15th October until Spring 2010, or view them at www.wellcomeimageawards.org. To browse Wellcome Images, visit http://images.wellcome.ac.uk Forthcoming public events African Encounters Thursday 5 November, 19.00-20.15 A Mandinka Prayer sheet illustrating the meeting of African and Islamic cultures across the Sahara, and the exercise book of an 'African boy' working as surgeon’s assistant aboard HMS Scout inspire two performances. Part of the Camden Black History Season. Speakers: Malika Booker, writer, poet, theatre, multi-disciplined artist Alex Somerville, Speak Up James Graham: Doctor of Love Thursday 26 November, 19.00-20.30 This controversial and charismatic character is widely regarded as the world's first sex therapist. Guaranteeing both ecstasy and fertility, he promised exquisite pleasure and perfect babies to the devotees of his Temples of Health and Hymen. Lydia discusses her work on the "electric doctor". Insights sessions Our Insight sessions offer visitors to the Wellcome Library an opportunity to explore the variety of our holdings. Sessions are thematic in style, last around an hour and offer a chance to learn about our collections from a member of Library staff. Conservation in Action Thursday 15 October, 15.00-16.00 more information Darwin’s Inheritance Thursday 5 November, 15.00-16.30 more information Darwin’s Inheritance Thursday 19 November, 15.00-16.30 more information Anatomies of London Saturday 28 November, 14.30-15.30 Fascinating Faces Thursday 3 December, 15.00-16.00 Madness Thursday 21 January, 15.00-16.00 Entrance to Insights sessions is free, and there is no need to book (though spaces are limited). | |||||
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