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Government at a glance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/15/1434/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2013 Government at a glance. The OECD publishes a report measuring government performance across the 34 member countries of the OECD. They include service provision and delivery.
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Surveillance Industry Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/29/surveillance-industry-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2013 Privacy International Launches Surveillance Industry Index/Database This database includes information provided by WikiLeaks and Omega Research Foundation.
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Two new Chinese Internet archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/09/two-new-chinese-internet-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 9, 2013 …from the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library, UCLA . Both capture snapshots of chinese websites periodically since 2012, preserving the content and can be searched by keyword.
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Twitter and racism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/twitter-and-racism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 Is Twitter full of racist abuse? Read the new report from Demos on anti-social media: http://www.demos.co.
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Do homes near top performing schools cost more?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/do-homes-near-top-performing-schools-cost-more/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 Yes according to a report released by the Department of Education this week which makes interesting reading.
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Map Kibera
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/map-kibera/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Another interesting example of citizens and aid agencies using social media for community empowerment/development. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is a city suburb.
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Meta-Activism Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.
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ecampaigning forum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/23/ecampaigning-forum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2011 http://www.ecampaigningforum.com/ An annual event where practitioners share advice and expertise on how to use social media in campaigning. The 2011 website http://ecflive.fairsay.
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Thesis whisperer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/thesis-whisperer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses.
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Guardian newspaper launches new business blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/07/guardian-newspaper-launches-new-business-blogs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.