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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection of Charleston Slave Badges
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/07/national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-collection-of-charleston-slave-badges/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2025 T he collection includes 146 rare badges dating as far back as 1804.
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Carnegie medals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/19/carnegie-medals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 19, 2025 The longlist for the 2025 Carnegies has been announced. The Carnegies are awards for books written for children and young adults.
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AI and news media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/ai-and-news-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 What does the public in 6 countries think of AI usage in the news? Reuters Institute for Journalism has surveyed awareness and use of generative AI by members of the public in six...
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Surveys: displaced people
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/surveys-displaced-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 UNHCR and the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center Questionnaire Dashboard enables users to explore questionnaires hosted on the Microdata Library related to forced displacement.
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Activism, Influence and Change
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/04/11/activism-influence-and-change/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2025 A new blog launched by the LSE in association with the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa.
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China Studies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/28/china-studies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2025 A new website for China Studies.
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Reading’s Windrush Generation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/readings-windrush-generation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 The Memories of the Reading Windrush Generation and the Descendants is a series of oral-history recordings developed by members of Reading’s local Caribbean community and...
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Library research skills session this term
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/01/25/library-research-skills-sessions-this-term/
Advert for library research skills classes for research students at the University of Leicester
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The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/08/16/the-glasgow-society-of-lady-artists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2024 Searchable resource biographies of members of The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists .
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COVID-19 American History Project guide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/22/covid-19-american-history-project-guide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2024 American Folklife Center have produced a guide to materials they have collected about experiences of COVID 19.