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2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/06/01/2011-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2012 http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/ Just released by the U.S. Department of State. Items online from 1999 onwards.
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Watching Syria’s war: New York Times project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/17/watching-syrias-war-new-york-times-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2012 http://projects.nytimes.com/watching-syrias-war is focusing on videos and films from Syria uploaded to the Internet during the conflict.
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The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Data Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/07/the-international-aid-transparency-initiative-iati-data-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 7, 2012 http://www.iatiregistry.org/ The IATI Seeks to make data about Aid spending easier to use and understand. A list of the major organisations involved is on the website.
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Political Union in the EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/22/political-union-in-the-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 22, 2012 A new project launched by LSE and Policy Network http://www.policy-network.
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Sisterhood and After
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/sisterhood-and-after/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/sisterhood/about.html A website from the British Library developed in association with Sussex University and the Women’s library.
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Jeanette Winterson, tax, libraries and Starbucks, Google and Amazon!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/23/jeanette-winterson-starbucks-tax-and-libraries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 23, 2012 The author Jeanette Winterson delivered the inaugural Reading Agency lecture at the British Library on 19th November.
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Joseph Stiglitz and Central Banks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/15/joseph-stiglitz-and-central-banks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 15, 2013 Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, stated that central banks have too much financial power to remain as unelected bodies.
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Tackling violence against women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/tackling-violence-against-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 Tackling Violence against Women is a great new website from the LSE centre for Women Peace and Security which aims to offer students and members of the public a solid introduction...
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UNESCO world-wide education data enhanced
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/unesco-world-wide-education-data-enhanced/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 The UNESCO Institute of statistics have release more data via their dedicated Institute of Statistics data website . Select education from the themes on the left of the screen.
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Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/30/nelson-mandela-digital-archive-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2012 http://archives.nelsonmandela.org/#!home New resource created by Google in association with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory to commemorate the life and political career of the man.