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• World Press Freedom Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/16/world-press-freedom-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2022 The   World Press Freedom Index from RSF assesses the state of press freedom 180 nations worldwide, providing rankings and allowing comparisons over time.

• The Giant Bible of Mainz

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/the-giant-bible-of-mainz/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 The Giant Bible of Mainz Digitized by the Library of Congress   Famous for being one of the last handwritten by a scribe in 1450s.

• UN sanctions

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/10/un-sanctions/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2023 UN Sanctions App From the Global Governance Centre at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland.

• Black Mothers in the Forefront: Struggles and Resistance in the 1970s

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/black-mothers-in-the-forefront-struggles-and-resistance-in-the-1970s/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 A n online exhibition from the Black Cultural Archives   Images and oral histories which focus on activism by black mothers in the UK in the 1970s.

• Digital Documentary Resources in Nilgiri and Coimbatore (1850-1970)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/digital-documentary-resources-in-nilgiri-and-coimbatore-1850-1970/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 The collections digitised in this project consist mostly of photographs dating from the late 19th to mid 20th centuries.

• First folios

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/first-folios/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 First folios compared Launched by AM, First Folios Compared was built in 2023 in order to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication which in 1623 brought together 36 of...

• Oor Willy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/oor-willy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Oor Willy, Your Willy, A’body’s Willy The National Library of Scotland has launched the Oor Wullie’s guide website for children.

• Facebook government data requests

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/facebook-government-data-requests/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 The latest update from Facebook shows increasing demands from governments for data on users and content removal.  It also provides information on  legal challenges.

• Is UK Higher Education Sustainable?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/is-uk-higher-education-sustainable/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 This question was considered by the Higher Education Commission who found the answer far from clear.  Read their discussion of future options.

• Which countries are the most generous?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/which-countries-are-the-most-generous/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 Find out from the latest World Giving Report published by the Charities Aid Foundation.