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Chinese Language day – April 20th
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/chinese-language-day-april-20th/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 April 20th is designated by the United Nations as Chinese Language day it seeks to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.
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Social media and health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/social-media-and-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The most recent study by Royal Society for Public Health found in a survey of social media that Instagram was recorded as having the most negative impact on the mental well being of young...
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-claims-of-asylum-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 SOGICA is a research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) that explores the social and legal experiences of asylum seekers across Europe claiming international...
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Egyptian protests digital archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/egyptian-protests-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Recently, Mosireen launched its Internet “resistance archive,” 858 The collection includes footage shot during the revolution by both members and non-members from 18 days in...
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The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/02/the-journal-of-learning-and-teaching-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2018 A new open-access journal produced by Leicester Learning Institute – The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (JLTHE) – was launched this week.
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Center for Women and Politics, Rutgers University
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/16/center-for-women-and-politics-rutgers-university/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2012 http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/ Great starting point for finding academic information on Gender and the presidential elections.
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US Election Advertising
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/23/us-election-advertising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2012 Electad: http://electad.com/ An independent site which claims that it posts all examples from the different campaigns online. The site also indexes polls, tweets and interviews.
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Charitable giving
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/20/charitable-giving/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2012 For research on charitable giving try these resources. Charities Aid foundation publishes UK giving https://www.cafonline.org/publications/2011-publications/uk-giving-2011.
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Sandy: Crisis response
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/05/sandy-crisis-response/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 5, 2012 Crisis Response maps from Google: http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy marks disaster areas. Also highlights local emergency twitter feeds.
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Radiotopia launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/radiotopia-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 PRX have launched Radiotopia: http://www.radiotopia.fm/ a new podcast network with support from the Knight Foundation.