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Cuts and austerity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/cuts-and-austerity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 What do the British public think of the cuts and austerity policy? Latest research from IPSO Mori shows 43% think public services are worse than 5 years ago but only 23% say they have...
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How the BBC is using WhatsApp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/how-the-bbc-is-using-whatsapp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...
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Historic photographs: the changing workplace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/2387/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 As part of a new exhibition, the Bank of England Archive has released some of its historic photographs online.
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3 open-access books about Social Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/3-open-access-books-about-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 How the World Changed Social Media: Download free from http://bit.ly/24AUbKH Social Media in an English Village: Download free from http://bit.
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Global State of Freedom of Information is ‘worrying’…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/global-state-of-freedom-of-information-is-worrying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 …according to the annual Open Data Barometer from the World Wide Web Foundation. It says that only 50% of the 92 included countries have ‘reasonably strong’ laws.
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Vacant properties
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/vacant-properties/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 Who owns property and leaves it empty? Recently the Grenfell tower tragedy has exposed the scandal of unoccupied foreign owner property in the UK.
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New corporate governance reforms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/new-corporate-governance-reforms/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 This week the UK government introduced a series of measures to regulate corporate governance. The aim of these is to increase trust.
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Consumer behaviour in the UK (Black Friday/Christmas)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/consumer-behaviour-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 PWC retail outlook has predictions for the UK economy It also has the results of a recent survey on predicted shopping/ consumer behaviour for Black Friday in 2017.
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Chemical weapons
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/29/chemical-weapons/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2013 OPCW-UN Joint Mission Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations Joint Mission in Syria creates new website .
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Peoples Assembly against Austerity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/07/peoples-assembly-against-austerity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2014 Peoples Assembly against Austerity launch new website Includes materials from unions, socialists and campaign groups against welfare cuts.