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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/research-data-journal-for-the-humanities-and-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 A new free open access journal from Brill and a number of research institutes based in the Netherlands seeks to highlight research based on data.
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Liberation Technology
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/10/liberation-technology/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2011 A research programme based at Stanford University which is exploring how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote...
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The Fake News Wave: Academic Libraries’ Battle Against Misinformation During COVID-19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/the-fake-news-wave-academic-libraries-battle-against-misinformation-during-covid-19/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 Bangani, S. (2021) ‘ The Fake News Wave: Academic Libraries’ Battle Against Misinformation During COVID-19′, The Journal of Academic Librarianship , 47(5).
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A history of general elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/a-history-of-general-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 A history of General Elections online exhibition based on LSE Library archives. It has images of artefacts and blog postings on the history of parliamentary elections from 1838 onwards.
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Longer lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/longer-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 The UK government has launched a new public health site to provide citizens with easily accessible data about premature death and mortality rates: http://longerlives.phe.org.
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Are girls invisible?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/11/are-girls-invisible/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 11, 2016 Yes according to the most recent report from Plan International .
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Zapaday
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/06/01/zapaday/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2012 http://www.zapaday.com/home/ has launched a news service that publishes breaking future news headlines.
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American presidency and social media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/american-presidency-and-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 http://techpresident.com/news/23104/help-digital-infrastructure-obama-wins-re-election TechPresident has a good review of the role of social media in the election.
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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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International Women’s Day: 8th March
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-8th-march/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 This year’s UN International Women’s Day focuses on ending violence against women. The song One Woman is released today to help laucnh the campaign. Hear it here: http://song.unwomen.