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dataUNODC (Drugs and Crime statistics)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/08/dataunodc-drugs-and-crime-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2020 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) new data portal makes its reliable global data on drugs and crime easier to access and visualise.
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UNV Knowledge Portal on Volunteerism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/11/unv-knowledge-portal-on-volunteerism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 11, 2020 The UNV Knowledge Portal on Volunteering is a great new resource it includes a volunteering database containing country laws, policies, statistical measurement.
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Leveson inquiry
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/leveson-inquiry/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 LSE Media Policy Project is analysing reaction. Look at their blog for academic discussion: http://blogs.lse.ac.
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Open UNDP
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/open-undp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 http://open.undp.org/ New open data website from the United Nations Development Programme. Get official data on over 6,000 development projects in 177 countries worldwide.
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Social Science Bites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/04/social-science-bites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2012 Podcasts of interviews with leading social scientists on different aspects of the social world. Published by Sage. http://www.socialsciencebites.
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Irish in Britain exhibition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/26/irish-in-britain-exhibition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 26, 2024 Created by London Metropolitan Archives, an online exhibition and oral history of Irish migration to Britain since the 1970s.
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Open Access book on Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/open-access-book-on-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 Higher Education for Good : Teaching and Learning Futures by Laura Czerniewicz (editor) Catherine Cronin (editor).
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NarcoData
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/narcodata/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 A new data visualization tool created by Mexican digital news site Animal Politico and data journalism platform Poderopedia , which aims to provide a visual mapping of drug cartels...
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Online harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/27/online-harassment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2014 How common is online harassment? According to a Pew Internet Project repor t 40% of Internet users in the USA have personally experienced online harassment, 73% have...
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Alternatives to Wikileaks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/alternatives-to-wikileaks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 Wikileaks is widely known as a portal where whistleblowers can securely upload classified information. Recently a number of newspapers have created their own systems.