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Google public alerts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.
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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.
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World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/17/worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2012 http://www.pewforum.org/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary.
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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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New interactive guide to humanitarian financing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/new-interactive-guide-to-humanitarian-financing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/data-guides/humanitarian-aid-network Based on the Global Humanitarian Assistance reports http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.
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WGBH Openvault – Historic US TV and radio
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/wgbh-openvault-historic-us-tv-and-radio/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Free access to clips from the WGBH Media Library and archives which includes TV and radio programmes many with transcripts.
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United States Census Bureau Repository launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/united-states-census-bureau-repository-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 The United States Census Bureau Data Repository is hosted by ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research).
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The Right to be Heard Framework: A learning companion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/the-right-to-be-heard-framework-a-learning-companion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 An online guide from Oxfam intended for development workers. The right to be heard framework aims to help poor people be heard by politicians.
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French Presidential elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/new-fact-check-sites-for-french-presidential-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Newspapers pay a key role in forming the opinion of the French electorate according to the recent Baromètre des médias, l’intérêt des Français pour...
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1 in 3 Muslim students suffered discrimination and abuse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/23/1-in-3-muslim-students-suffered-discrimination-and-abuse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2018 The shocking findings from a recent NUS survey is that ‘1 in 3 Muslim students suffered discrimination and abuse’ In November 2017, NUS Women’s and Black Students’ campaigns undertook...