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• International Day of the Girl Child

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/international-day-of-the-girl-child/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 was celebrated by the UN on October 11th   The official website has news , related resolutions and a resource section with reports including empowerment guidelines and statistics...

• Everyday sexism

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/21/everyday-sexism/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 21, 2016 A new podcast of a public lecture from Laura Bates, author of the Everyday Sexism Project. It was record at the LSE on 11 th   October 2016 and lasts 1 hour 25 minutes.

• Consumer data research

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/09/consumer-data-research/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 9, 2018 A new book published by UCL Press, looks at big data collected by customer-facing organisations – such as store loyalty card transactions, smart travel tickets, or smart energy meter...

• GDPR explained

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/gdpr-explained/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 The EU has launched a general information portal for the public.

• Culture of bullying for UK black academics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/culture-of-bullying-for-uk-black-academics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 …according to a recent survey by UCU union. There are only 25 black female professors in the UK. 0.1 % of the total percentage.

• Digital Incivility

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/digital-incivility/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The Microsoft Digital Civility Index (DCI) Microsoft has been measuring online behaviour and has found a worrying increase of bad behaviour and digital incivility over the last 4 years.

• Pay and Progression of Women of Colour Literature Review

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/pay-and-progression-of-women-of-colour-literature-review/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 The Fawcett Society has recently launched a project to review employment and career progression of BAME women in the UK.

• The Autism-Ready Libraries Toolkit

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/the-autism-ready-libraries-toolkit/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 The Autism-Ready Libraries Toolkit has been created by University of Washington iSchool to provide librarians with inclusive, research-based strategies to create inclusive environments...

• EU Customs Union explained

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/19/eu-customs-union-explained/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2018 The EU Customs Union created a free-trade area where goods circulate freely, without customs duties at the borders between EU countries.

• Women and the Internet

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/women-and-the-internet/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Tim Berners–Lee open letter why the Internet is not working for women and girls.