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Ban Ki-moon’s Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/ban-ki-moons-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 The archives of former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have been made available online via the website of the United Nations Archives and Records Management Section.
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Culture of bullying for UK black academics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/culture-of-bullying-for-uk-black-academics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 …according to a recent survey by UCU union. There are only 25 black female professors in the UK. 0.1 % of the total percentage.
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Gender, race and money in politics database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/12/gender-race-and-money-in-politics-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 12, 2019 The Center for Responsive Politics has just released a new database which enables researchers to explore the interaction between gender and race in US campaign funding.
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Arabian Gulf Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/arabian-gulf-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 A collection from the National Archives of the United Arab Emirates and National Archives UK which has text and images on the political, social and cultural history of the region.
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South-South Galaxy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/south-south-galaxy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 A new website launched the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The project intends to give support to countries of the South, so they can share best practice and knowledge.
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Global Childhood report published
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/global-childhood-report-published/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Save the Children has just published its third annual report which examines the condition of children in different nations worldwide.
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Who is the most charitable?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/who-is-the-most-charitable/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 Find out in the latest edition of the Charities Aid Foundation UK Giving report released recently.
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FTSE 100 CEOs remuneration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/10/ftse-100-ceos-remuneration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2020 FTSE 100 CEOs only need to work until Monday 6 January 2020 in order to make the same amount of money that the typical full-time employee does in the entire year.
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LGBT History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/02/07/lgbt-history-month-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2020 LGBT history month (February) is a good time to revisit these free British Library resources: LGBTQ histories on the British Library website explores the development of LGBTQ...
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Digital Incivility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/digital-incivility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The Microsoft Digital Civility Index (DCI) Microsoft has been measuring online behaviour and has found a worrying increase of bad behaviour and digital incivility over the last 4 years.