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Discover Library Resources in November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/11/10/discover-library-resources-in-november/
Posted by William Farrell in Library and Learning Services on November 10, 2025 Find out more about our resources and collections this Autumn. We have a fantastic line-up of publishers for you as part of our Resources Showcase on Wednesday 12th November.
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Surveillance Industry Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/29/surveillance-industry-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2013 Privacy International Launches Surveillance Industry Index/Database This database includes information provided by WikiLeaks and Omega Research Foundation.
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Entrepreneurs and Innovators: from the Middle Ages to the modern day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/16/entrepreneurs-and-innovators-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-modern-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2022 A teaching resource from Box of Broadcasts aimed at increasing the employability of students from a number of degrees, including management and History.
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Where is the best place to be a mother?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-mother/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 Find out by consulting the ranking in the latest annual report from Save the Children. It considers inequality between M others and infants in urban areas around the world.
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The World Wide Web is 30 years old
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/the-world-wide-web-is-30-years-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 On March 12, 1989, British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for what would become the World Wide Web to his boss at the European Organization for...
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Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.
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Tool for humanitarian workers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/tool-for-humanitarian-workers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 Urban-Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (U-NEAT+) The United Nations launched a free online tool recently which is to help humanitarian aid workers rapidly identify and...
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ILO launches new Labour Statistics portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/15/ilo-launches-new-labour-statistics-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2019 A new website from the International Labour Organisation enables researchers to quickly access up-to-date international statistics on all aspects of labour, employment and the labour...
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Men continue to dominate positions of power in British Life
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/20/men-continue-to-dominate-positions-of-power-in-british-life/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2020 According to the latest Fawcett sex and power report . The situation is even worse for BAME women.
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Myanmar – human rights concerns
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/03/myanmar-human-rights-concerns/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2018 T his week the United Nations has raised concerns about genocide in Myanmar. What are the human rights concerns? Try these free resources. UN Press releases.