Search
-
The Web Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/10/the-web-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2016 … “tracks the Web’s contribution to social, economic and political progress across 86 countries.” Find it at: http://thewebindex.
-
Labour Together
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/labour-together/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 Find out more about this new political grouping launched this week by members of the Labour Party to unify and renew the party.
-
Domestic abuse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/11/domestic-abuse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 11, 2015 The national domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid has launched a free coercive control toolkit supported by Avon , to coincide with the Home Office’s implementation of the coercive...
-
Historical Newspaper Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/14/historical-newspaper-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2015 The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Daily Mail 1896-2004, the Independent 1986-2012 and Punch 1841-1992.
-
How to end the ‘UK’s role as a safe haven for corrupt individuals, their allies and assets’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/how-to-end-the-uks-role-as-a-safe-haven-for-corrupt-individuals-their-allies-and-assets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 A new publication from Transparency International which explores the rol e of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and complicity in the Panama Papers affair.
-
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...
-
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.
-
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.
-
Historical Newspaper Archives: Finance and Economics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/14/historical-newspaper-archives-finance-and-economics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2015 The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Economist 1843-2011 and the Financial Times 1888-2010.
-
Accountable Journalism site launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/accountable-journalism-site-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 New from the The Ethical Journalism Network and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute , University of Missouri.