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UK Government’s Tweets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/uk-governments-tweets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 National Archives to capture tweets and social media created by the UK government Their website has a direct link to the Twitter archive and a YouTube archive...
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Is social care in crisis?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/is-social-care-in-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 PSA Commission on Care Report Towards a New Deal for Care and Carers was launched last week.
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Online newspaper archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/online-newspaper-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 A really useful listing from Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) blog which draws together in one place an A-Z listing of links to news resources that can be difficult to...
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How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...
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Chinese Language day – April 20th
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/chinese-language-day-april-20th/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 April 20th is designated by the United Nations as Chinese Language day it seeks to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.
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Brexit Digital Library Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/brexit-digital-library-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 With the triggering of Article 50, here is an opportunity to compare the 1975 and 2016 EU referendum campaigns.
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Social media and health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/social-media-and-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The most recent study by Royal Society for Public Health found in a survey of social media that Instagram was recorded as having the most negative impact on the mental well being of young...
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-claims-of-asylum-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 SOGICA is a research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) that explores the social and legal experiences of asylum seekers across Europe claiming international...
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The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/02/the-journal-of-learning-and-teaching-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2018 A new open-access journal produced by Leicester Learning Institute – The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (JLTHE) – was launched this week.
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Child Poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/child-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 Through young eyes – three million children are living in poverty in the UK according to the Children’s Commission on Poverty survey published by the Children’s Society Also recently...