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UK Archives: Empire Windrush resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/uk-archives-empire-windrush-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 To mark the 75 th anniversary of the ship bringing Caribbean migrants to the UK the UK archives has released a 7-minute film about their ‘Windrush’ resources.
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250 iconic objects from the National Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/18/250-iconic-objects-from-the-national-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2023 The National Archives collection provides records of 250 iconic objects which cover gender, race and sexuality. Each record has images, documents and audio-visual resources.
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What the world thinks about work
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/what-the-world-thinks-about-work/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 A news item from Kings College London, based on the report What the world thinks about work, ranks the UK low for the importance the population places on work.
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Discover Macpherson
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/discover-macpherson/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 DiscoverMacpherson.com A free, fully-searchable website which has been developed by Professor Brian Cathcart and Kingston University.
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What do the public know and care about data privacy?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/what-do-the-public-know-and-care-about-data-privacy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 A survey of the American public from the Pew Internet project It includes breakdown by political affiliation, age and agenda.
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Photography of the Ukraine war (contains disturbing images)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/photography-of-the-ukraine-war-contains-disturbing-images/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 Capturing Struggle: Ukraine Through American and Ukrainian Lenses From University of Berkeley, an exhibition documenting the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
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The UK Insecure Work Index 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/the-uk-insecure-work-index-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 The latest annual index from the Work Foundation shows that, in 2023, an estimated 6.8 million people (21.4%) were in severely insecure work, an increase of 500,000 from 2022.
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LGBTI in developing countries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/lgbti-in-developing-countries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 Surveys, big data, and experiments: how can we best learn about LGBTI development outcomes? Interesting new Research policy working paper from the World Bank which highlights the...
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Black Students Mental Health Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/black-students-mental-health-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 The Black Students Mental Health Project Good Thinking has partnered with the Black Students Mental Health Project (BSMHP) to host a range of mental wellbeing resources,...
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Black History in 100 Objects
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/black-history-in-100-objects/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Oxfam GB | Black History in 100 Objects Oxfam is crowdsourcing a collection of 100 objects that express everyday Black history in the UK.