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Digitised Olympic games resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/digitised-olympic-games-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 IOC’s Olympic Studies Centre is finishing the process of digitising all the publications of the Organising Committees (OCOGs) of past Olympic Games hosted in France.
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The English Civil War ‘Loss Accounts’ for Warwickshire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/16/the-english-civil-war-loss-accounts-for-warwickshire/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 16, 2022 The English Civil War ‘Loss Accounts’ for Warwickshire Transcribed by a team of volunteers directed by Dr Maureen Harris in a National Lottery project, the ‘Loss Accounts’...
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Protests and Suffragettes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/04/21/protests-and-suffragettes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 21, 2023 A project led by artists, activists & archivists who are working with schools and Wikipedia to rediscover and celebrate the women of Scotland and their history.
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Measuring rural poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/measuring-rural-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has just released this new tool which can be used to measure rural...
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Poverty and Social Exclusion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/poverty-and-social-exclusion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Latest Report from Poverty and Social Exclusion Project The shocking findings on rising levels of poverty in the UK were presented at a conference in London this week.
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Global billionaires and political power
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/03/global-billionaires-and-political-power/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2014 Global billionaires political power list New From the Brookings Institution and based on a forthcoming book by Darrell West, this is a ranking of political power exercised by the top...
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Smart phone usage USA 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/smart-phone-usage-usa-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 According to the Pew Research Center, nearly two thirds of Americans now depend on their smart phones for daily life. Download the Pew survey results for the full data.
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Mapping Early American Elections Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/mapping-early-american-elections-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 Just launched this major project funded by National Endowment for the Humanities which will provide free access to visualisations on a state level of how Americans voted for their...
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International Women’s Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/08/international-womens-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2018 International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8 th March to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. This year the theme is Press for Progress.
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Migration Network Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/26/migration-network-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2021 The United Nations Network on Migration was launched recently It aims to provide a place where researcher scan access a variety of resources relating to worldwide migration including...