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  • The Story of Pulque Part 2: A Tangle of Origins – University of Leicester

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/18/the-story-of-pulque-part-2-a-tangle-of-origins/

    Overview of different pre-Columbian narratives about the origins or discovery of pulque, and the various political, historical, and cultural roles these narratives served particularly for the Mexica (Aztecs)

  • Freedom on the Net report 2018 launched

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/freedom-on-the-net-report-2018-launched/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 Freedom House has just launched its latest annual report on the state of democracy and freedom on the Internet.

  • Global slavery index

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/global-slavery-index/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the Walk Free Foundation there are 38.5 million slaves worldwide. including 8,300 in the UK.

  • What went wrong in the 2015 election?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/what-went-wrong-in-the-2015-election/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 View the preliminary findings from the inquiry in to the polls ordered by the British Polling Council.  Its terms of reference and methodology can be viewed on the website.

  • A’ level results, HE and social mobility

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/18/a-level-results-he-and-social-mobility/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 18, 2017   How do this year’s A’ level results compare?  For official statistics see the Department of Education official data. from 2003 onwards.

  • How has the Internet changed scholarly communication?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/how-has-the-internet-changed-scholarly-communication/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 Useful briefing from the Association of Research Libraries journal which gives a basic overview changes of trends in academic publishing since 1990s, covering journals online books...

  • The Taiwan National Treasure digital library

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/06/the-taiwan-national-treasure-digital-library/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 6, 2017 A new project which aims to create an online archive of official US documents about Taiwan, The materials obtained from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will...

  • The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/23/the-john-f-kennedy-presidential-library/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 23, 2011 http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Search-the-Digital-Archives.

  • Security Council: 2021 highlights

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/security-council-2021-highlights/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 2021 Highlights of Security Council Practices   The Security Council branch at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs have issued their online 2021 Highlights of...

  • Human Rights reports

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/human-rights-reports/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 Amnesty international global annual report on human rights released . Read the whole report or look at reports for individual nations.

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