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Oral history: Women’s Liberation Movement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/oral-history-womens-liberation-movement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 Recordings of 14 interviews done to mark the 50th anniversary of Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) in 2020.
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Pacific Manuscript Bureau
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/pacific-manuscript-bureau/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 Pacific Manuscript Bureau is useful tool for researchers of ethnography and colonial, social, political history of the region.
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Teaching and Learning in HE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/teaching-and-learning-in-he/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition The latest predictions for short term and longer horizon trends in teaching and learning.
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Is your press free?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/is-your-press-free/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 Check the 2017 ranking from Reporters without Borders. Since 2002 it has been rating level of freedom available to journalists in over 180 nations worldwide.
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World Peace Index 2017 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/world-peace-index-2017-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 Find out which is the world’s most peaceful country using the latest annual index from Visions of Humanity. It also summaries worldwide and regional trends.
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Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.
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Press freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/press-freedom-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 To mark World Press Freedom day, UNESCO adopted the Riga Declaration . This affirms the importance of free journalism for sustainable development.
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Chemical weapons
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/29/chemical-weapons/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2013 OPCW-UN Joint Mission Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations Joint Mission in Syria creates new website .
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Peoples Assembly against Austerity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/07/peoples-assembly-against-austerity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2014 Peoples Assembly against Austerity launch new website Includes materials from unions, socialists and campaign groups against welfare cuts.
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Smart phone usage USA 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/smart-phone-usage-usa-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 According to the Pew Research Center, nearly two thirds of Americans now depend on their smart phones for daily life. Download the Pew survey results for the full data.