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1866 suffrage petition 150th anniversary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/1866-suffrage-petition-150th-anniversary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 It is 150 years since The Women’s Suffrage Committee, formed by Barbara Bodichon, collected 1,500 signatures on a petition for women’s suffrage in 1866 and it was presented to parliament...
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Living Home Standard launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/21/living-home-standard-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 21, 2016 Shelter in conjunction with user research from IPSO Mori has launched a new Living Home Standard based on 42 criteria which members of the public feel should be used to assess housing...
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A Cross-country Database of Fiscal Space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/a-cross-country-database-of-fiscal-space/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 New for economic and economic historian researchers from the World Bank: a database of fiscal data which can be downloaded in Excel or Stat format.
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Punk
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/07/punk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 7, 2023 A major exhibition about punk, Rage and Revolution is now on at New Walk Museum.
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Awakening of Indian Women webinar
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/awakening-of-indian-women-webinar/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 The Awakening of Indian Women is an account of the Indian feminist movement in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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UNESCO Open Access Publications
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/unesco-open-access-publications/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 UNESCO publications on open access Get free access to high quality publications from UNESCO which has a agreed a new open access policy.
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New online app for reporting sexual violence in Brazil
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/new-online-app-for-reporting-sexual-violence-in-brazil/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 Innovative use of new technology by UNICEF and UN-Habitat: a website which also works as a smartphone app that brings together information on support services for women and girls who are...
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OECD Education at a Glance 2013 Report.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/28/oecd-education-at-a-glance-2013-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 28, 2013 http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag.htm This has key indicators.
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MyWorld Survey
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/myworld-survey/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 A major global survey for citizens launched by the United Nations and partners.
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Sources of data on human rights in the Middle East/ Arab world
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/sources-of-data-on-human-rights-in-the-middle-east-arab-world/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 Arab Barometer – Established in 2005 by scholars in the Arab world and the United States. Data on political attitudes of Arab citizens.