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• Innovative use of social media in the Pakistan elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/innovative-use-of-social-media-in-the-pakistan-elections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 The Election commission worked with a site called Jaag Pakistan website which aimed to encourage reporting of electoral fraud and violence. This  used crowd sourced technology.

• Same-sex marriage: France

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/same-sex-marriage-france/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 On-going discussion of same-sex marriage in the UK parliament and in France   Read the full text of the relevant French law  and details of the process in parliament from...

• Bloomberg: Comparing Croatia’s Economic Forecasts With the Euro

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/08/bloomberg-comparing-croatias-economic-forecasts-with-the-euro/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2013 Croatia became the European Union’s 28th member on July 1st.

• Spectator Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/spectator-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 Still in beta format: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/   Search free of charge the full text digital version of this weekly, right-wing magazine from July 1828 to December 2008.

• Women like that: lesbian and gay history

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/women-like-that-lesbian-and-gay-history/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 Jane Traies, who is based at the University of Surrey, is pioneering research on the lives of older lesbians in the UK.

• Bloomberg: Economy forecasts for China

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/bloomberg-economy-forecasts-for-bloomberg/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 The Chinese economy is slowing to a forecast rate of 7.5 percent for 2013 as the government seeks to curb excessive lending and reduce reliance on exports.

• Social science video sites

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/social-science-video-sites/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events .  Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net .

• theHive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/thehive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 World Bank’s  theHive This site has been in beta for a while but is developing well. Register for free to get the most benefits.

• Human Capital Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/human-capital-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Human capital Index. World Economic Forum launch the 2013 Human capital index. It aims to measure how well 122 countries value and achieve the full economic potential of their workers.

• Internet Censorship

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/internet-censorship/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Blocked on Weibo Site maintained by Jason Ng Google Policy Fellow at the University of Toronto’s  Citizen Lab  and author of  Blocked on Weibo , discusses his work...