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British Library releases free sports oral history collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/26/british-library-release-free-sports-oral-history-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2012 http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Sport%20 Free access to interviews and recordings of famous British athletes.
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Crowd Behaviour Network
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/26/crowd-behaviour-network/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2012 http://www.crowdbehaviournetwork.org/ Recently launched international forum for academic research on crowd behaviour, management and safety.
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Leveson inquiry
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/leveson-inquiry/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 LSE Media Policy Project is analysing reaction. Look at their blog for academic discussion: http://blogs.lse.ac.
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Window into China
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/window-into-china/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website. It is collecting pieces written in China by Chinese scholars and experts. The emphasis is on security and foreign policy.
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Open UNDP
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/open-undp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 http://open.undp.org/ New open data website from the United Nations Development Programme. Get official data on over 6,000 development projects in 177 countries worldwide.
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Factiva tutorials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/23/factiva-tutorials/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 23, 2013 Library tutorials on how to use Factiva ( http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/databases/f/factiva ) available. Finding newspaper articles: https://connect.le.ac.
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UNESCO open-access repository
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/unesco-open-access-repository/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 Now officially launched, the url for the UNESCO open access repository is : http://en.unesco.
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NATO duty map
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/19/nato-duty-map/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2014 NATO on Duty A new official interactive map has been launched by NATO based on Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) software. Find out about current missions and partnerships.
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In-work poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/in-work-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 Great posting from the European Parliamentary service posted by Verena Kern which links to EU related report with research and data covering all 28 EU nations.
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Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.