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Benjamin Franklin Papers now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/27/benjamin-franklin-papers-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2018 The Library of Congress have now made available online the papers of American scientist, statesman and diplomat Benjamin Franklin .
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Archiving activism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/archiving-activism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 The aim of this project is to explore the ways in which radical, feminist and at times illegal protest actions are archived.
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United Nations disability statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/united-nations-disability-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 A new section of the UN main website now provides free access to data which it has collected since 1988. Sources are national level surveys, censuses and reports.
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Black History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/black-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 BFI has released recently some documentaries free via BFI Player which reveal why it is necessary to fight for BME rights.
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2018
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/global-multidimensional-poverty-index-mpi-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 Just released from the United Nations development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), the latest edition of this index with an online data...
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Express and Star Photo Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/express-and-star-photo-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 A new historic social history resource recently launched, recording local life from the 1880s through to the digital age, the Express & Star Photo Archive is a...
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Middle East Women’s Activism collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/25/middle-east-womens-activism-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2020 A digital collection from SOAS.
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Women work for nothing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/women-work-for-nothing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 According to the latest briefing from the Fawcett Society , the UK Gender gap is growing. It constitutes the equivalent of women working for free for over 2 months per year.
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New website on Disaster Displacement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/new-website-on-disaster-displacement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 This aims to create a single platform or place where information can be found about people displaced by natural crises, disasters and climate change.
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The EU referendum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/the-eu-referendum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 An interesting article in the Conversation considers 40 years of polling history. Use the blog to follow the conversation on what exit will mean.