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World Humanitarian Data And Trends 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/world-humanitarian-data-and-trends-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 The United Nations Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has just released the latest annual report which has overall country and regional data.
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Autograph letter collection, second batch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/autograph-letter-collection-second-batch/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 A second batch of letters from the Autograph Letter Collection totalling 3,200 letters. This collection contains letters of prominent correspondents dating from 1851 to 1975.
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USA Primaries – Useful resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/26/usa-primaries-useful-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 26, 2016 What is a primary? find out with this handy guide to the US electoral system from Vote Smart.
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What is the current state of the Internet?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/04/what-is-the-current-state-of-the-internet/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2019 Find out in the latest annual report on the global rate of connection from the ITU. This year’s theme is Broadband as Foundation for Sustainable Development.
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Black History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/black-history-month-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 Essential Guide to Black British History A handy guide produced by BBC History Extra magazine which is designed to interest the general reader.
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Same-sex marriage: UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/same-sex-marriage-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 News relating to the recent British Debates Try the UK parliament which contains details of the debate.
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Can social media predict election results?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/can-social-media-predict-election-results/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election.
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News clips archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/news-clips-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 University of Virginia Library WSLS-TV. Archive online: http://news.virginia.
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Governments and Facebook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/04/governments-and-facebook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2013 Government requests for data from Facebook Which governments request information the most from Facebook? First report from Facebook covers 6 months from January-June 2013.
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POOC in participatory media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/13/pooc-in-participatory-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2013 Media@McGill’s Participatory, Open, Online Course (or “POOC”) on The Participatory Condition Addresses the history, problems and possibilities of participatory media in contemporary...