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Flood data portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/flood-data-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 New from UNOSAT download satellite-derived flood data in GIS vector format from the United Nations.
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LGBT Equality in the Workplace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/lgbt-equality-in-the-workplace/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 Find out the best place to work in the UK by consulting the latest annual Stonewall Equality Index.
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Why Ethnic Minorities see immigration differently
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/why-ethnic-minorities-see-immigration-differently/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 As the prime minister announces plans to require Muslim women to learn English , this new report from the Runnymede Trust gives the perspectives of BME Ethnic Minority groups on...
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Prolife Newsletters Digital Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/prolife-newsletters-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Get an insight into the challenges faced by American women campaigners for the right to choose by consulting this new online collection from Georgia State University .
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Switzerland rejects Basic Minimum Income referendum vote
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/switzerland-rejects-basic-minimum-income-referendum-vote/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Find out more using LSE’s research posting . This has links to the results and analysis of the issues at stake.
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Violence cost the world 13.6 Trillion US dollars in 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/violence-cost-the-world-13-6-trillion-us-dollars-in-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 Shocking statistics The latest annual edition of the Global Peace index from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) .
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Historic US government publications now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/historic-us-government-publications-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 It is now possible to search issues of the US Congressional Record (which comprises the debates and proceedings of the United States Congress and the history of Bills and other...
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1.1 million abusive tweets sent to women in 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/1-1-million-abusive-tweets-sent-to-women-in-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 …according to large-scale research undertaken by Amnesty International and Element AI , a global artificial intelligence software product company.
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Inspiring Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/inspiring-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 Royal Holloway College launched the Inspiring Women campaign to salute and celebrate the achievements of women.
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Facebook launches Notify News App
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/facebook-launches-notify-news-app/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 As a dedicated app for iOS, it’s designed to be a central hub for alerts from a variety of partners, including BuzzFeed, CNN, Washington Post, Vogue and the Weather Channel.