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Women like that: lesbian and gay history
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/women-like-that-lesbian-and-gay-history/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 Jane Traies, who is based at the University of Surrey, is pioneering research on the lives of older lesbians in the UK.
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Urban Gems/Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/urban-gemshappiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://urbangems.org/ A new academic project that aims to crowd source what citizens like about cities and what makes them happy.
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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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Bloomberg guide on corporate governance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/bloomberg-guide-on-corpoarte-governance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 With the 2013 annual general meeting season underway, attention is being given to corporate governance issues, with companies taking an increasingly proactive role in engaging with...
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Google public alerts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.
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Same-sex marriage: France
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/same-sex-marriage-france/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 On-going discussion of same-sex marriage in the UK parliament and in France Read the full text of the relevant French law and details of the process in parliament from...
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Database of Terrorist Incidents
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/02/database-of-terrorist-incidents/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2011 https://wits.nctc.gov/FederalDiscoverWITS/index.do?N=0 The National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC) maintains the US Government’s database on terrorist attacks.
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World Service Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/06/17/world-service-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/docarchive The BBC World Service archive of radio podcasts provides access to documentaries.
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Politics twitter feeds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/28/politics-twitter-feeds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 28, 2011 Politicker USA http://www.politickerusa.com/ Good directory of twitter feeds from politicians, parties and USA presidential candidates. Follow them all in one place.
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/18/global-multidimensional-poverty-index-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2021 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021: Unmasking disparities by ethnicity, caste and gender .