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Never mind the ballots
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/02/never-mind-the-ballots/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2017 BFI Player’s fascinating collection of election films from the early 20 th century to the 1970s They range from the funny Clangers voting cartoon from 1974 (ask your candidate in 2017 –...
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The Covid decade: Understanding the long-term societal impact
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-covid-decade-understanding-the-long-term-societal-impact/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 The British Academy published a report this week into the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on British society.
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Crisis Commons
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/04/04/crisis-commons/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 4, 2011 http://crisiscommons.org/about/ Crisis Commons is a network of individuals and community groups who explore how new technology can help with communication during humanitarian crises.
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Bloomberg: Twitter’s IPO
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/15/bloomberg-twitters-ipo/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2013 Twitter Inc. filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 12. Use Bloomberg’s functions to analyze IPOs in the communications sector.
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Twitter and government bodies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/19/twitter-and-government-bodies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2014 CIA launch Twitter account. Their first post was ‘we can neither confirm or deny that this is our first tweet.
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UK Education select committee uses Twitter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/27/uk-education-select-committee-uses-twitter/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2012 Interesting development of the use of twitter by the committee. They asked the public to pick a question they would ask the Education Minister Michael Gove. http://twitter.
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Pew Internet and American Life
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/06/17/pew-internet-and-american-life/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2011 http://www.pewinternet.org/ A project which provides free access to reports and surveys on the impact of the Internet, Web 2.0 and associated technology on American life.
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Digital Education Research Archive (DERA)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/03/22/digital-education-research-archive-dera/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2011 http://dera.ioe.ac.uk DERA is a digital archive of documents published electronically by government and related bodies in the area of education.
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India Real Time
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/13/india-real-time/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2012 http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/ Useful readable blog with contributions from staff at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones newswire reporters.
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Bloomberg: Skew analysis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/12/bloomberg-skew-analysis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 12, 2013 Smithfield Foods Inc. stock jumped more than 28 percent on May 29 following a $34-a-share cash offer from Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd.