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Freedom in the World 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/freedom-in-the-world-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.
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New data visualisation site from the Office for National Statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/new-data-visualisation-site-from-the-office-for-national-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Now in Beta version Visual.ONS http://visual.ons.gov.uk/ which aims to provide new visually interesting and accessible displays of official statistics.
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Is London the most expensive world City?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/is-london-the-most-expensive-world-city/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 Find out by downloading the latest Worldwide cost of living Index 2016 from the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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National Archives of Singapore digital library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/national-archives-of-singapore-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Major new additions to this great digital library include recent and historic political resources which would be of great value to scholars of the region.
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Surveillance Industry Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/surveillance-industry-index-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Just launched by Privacy International and Transparency Toolkit this new tool aims to track the development of the global surveillance industry.
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American Federal reserve launch Facebook page
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/american-federal-reserve-launch-facebook-page/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 On the first day of its launch the new Facebook page received 11,00 likes but it is was also widely criticised.
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Presidential transition resources.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/presidential-transition-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 The Newseum front page archives is creating a web archive of worldwide newspaper front page images for election day so you can browse images of the headlines from hundreds of...
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Oxford Guidance on the Law Relating to Humanitarian Relief Operations in Situations of Armed Conflic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/oxford-guidance-on-the-law-relating-to-humanitarian-relief-operations-in-situations-of-armed-conflict/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has just launched this guide compiled by the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and the Oxford Martin...
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Trump’s inauguration – protests
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration-protests/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 See the website of the Womens March on London 2017 which has details on the global movement.
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Art under attack 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/art-under-attack-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016 . The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016.