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• Accuracy of web-based news

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/accuracy-of-web-based-news/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 How news websites spread rumours Lies, Damn Lies and Viral Content – a new report from the Tow Center examines the role of journalists .

• 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.

• The Changing Wealth of Nations 1995-2014

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/the-changing-wealth-of-nations-1995-2014/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 This book from the World Bank tracks the wealth of 141 countries between 1995 and 2014.

• Digital Data Gender Divide

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/digital-data-gender-divide/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Today worldwide 327 million fewer women than men have a smartphone and can access the mobile Internet.   This report from the OECD  considers what can be done.

• 2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/2019-united-nations-peacekeeping-ministerial-conference/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference on Uniformed Capabilities, Performance and Protection.

• Principled Aid Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/principled-aid-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 Launched in March by the Overseas development index , this index ranks bilateral Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors by the extent to which they give aid to countries...

• General News on the Internet Web Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/general-news-on-the-internet-web-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 This new collection has been launched by the Library of Congress .  Since June 2014 they have regularly been web archiving online only general news sites, mainly from USA.

• Black Britain on Film Collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/black-britain-on-film-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 Free via the BFI player this collection of films celebrates the Black presence in Britain.

• Operational research resources for development

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/operational-research-resources-for-development/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) has created a Wikipedia-type page of free resources for development workers and developing countries to read and...

• Does going to college pay?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/does-going-to-college-pay/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Update from IFS on the impact of college graduation on earnings in the UK.