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Prisons Memory Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/prisons-memory-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The Prisons Memory Archive (PMA) is a collection of 175 filmed oral history recordings from individuals who had a connection with Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison during...
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Freedman’s Bureau Search Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/21/freedmans-bureau-search-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2022 Created by Smithsonian and The National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Gertude Bell Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/gertude-bell-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 Based at Newcastle archive, the Gertrude Bell archive contains over 10,000 items including correspondence, diaries, photographs (albums and negatives as well as loose prints),...
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Looking for Queer Possibility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/lookig-for-queer-possibility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 Looking for Queer Possibility Zine Designed by Margaret Middleton for archive staff and queer archive visitors this zine was launched at the event Looking for Queer Possibility in the...
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Online US government information and news disappearing: Pew Internet Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/online-us-government-information-and-news-disappearing-pew-internet-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 Disappearing content from online websites The latest report from the Pew internet project focuses on broken links from US government and news agencies.
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US election data sets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/us-election-data-sets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 Covering 2000-2016. Recently released by Library of Congress data package on data.labs.loc.
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Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/bees-gut-microbiome-pollution
By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity and behaviour of the bee gut microbial community is altered when exposed to black carbon found in air pollution, disrupting the beneficial...
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Community engagement projects
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr
We are proud of our students, proud of our staff, and proud of our city. And we constantly work to make Leicester proud of us. Find out more about how we invest in Leicester.
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New portable DNA toolkit targets global illegal wildlife trade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/illegal-wildlife-trade-toolkit-dna-test-leicester
Scientists at the University of Leicester have developed a portable, rapid DNA test to identify illegal wildlife products on the spot.
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Success for Richard III team at prestigious event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/success-for-richard-iii-team-at-prestigious-event
The team behind the scientific detective story of the decade, the discovery of King Richard III, proved to be a big hit at the Royal Society’s annual display of the most exciting cutting-edge science and technology in the UK.