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Press freedom is declining
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/press-freedom-is-declining/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 According to the latest annual report from Reporteurs Sans Frontières which ranks 180 nations worldwide only 24% are rated as having a good level of press freedom, a decline from...
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Cuban Radionovelas
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/11/cuban-radionovelas/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 11, 2019 Currently being digitised by Tulane University library this collection of original Spanish-language radio soap operas — better known as radionovelas produced by Cuban Emigres in Miami...
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African women own fewer assets than men
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/african-women-own-fewer-assets-than-men/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Latest Afrobarometer finding on opinion polls conducted in 34 African nations 2016-18. It also covers attitudes towards household decision making.
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BC Gay and Lesbian archives now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/15/bc-gay-and-lesbian-archives-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2019 A major new LGBT digital collection from British Colombia and the city of Vancouver. The BC Gay and Lesbian Archives was established in 1976 and developed and maintained by Ron Dutton .
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Global education monitoring report, 2020: Inclusion and education: all means all
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/06/global-education-monitoring-report-2020-inclusion-and-education-all-means-all/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 6, 2020 Access the latest annual report This year’s annual report from UNESCO provides worldwide and country files on the inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream educational...
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Oman Library at the Middle East Institute Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/oman-library-at-the-middle-east-institute-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 Oman Library at the Middle East Institute (MEI) digital collection includes rare books published from 1700 to 1921 in 7 Middle Eastern languages including Arabic, French and Turkish.
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Rainbow Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/04/rainbow-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2021 Rainbow Europe ranks all 49 European countries on the basis of laws and policies that have a direct impact on the LGBTI people’s human rights in 6 categories: equality and...
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Digital Library of the Caribbean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/13/digital-library-of-the-caribbean/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2021 Digital Library of the Caribbean: https://www.dloc.com/ – “ a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean.
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Children and happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/children-and-happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 More children in the UK are unhappy with their lives according to the latest annual report from the Children’s Society which measures happiness and wellbeing in over 2,000...
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Feminist Library Podcasts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/02/07/feminist-library-podcasts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2022 Available via Feminist_Library | Mixcloud 3 recent episodes on key topics: On Intersectional Feminism by Feminist_Library | Mixcloud Domestic Violence by Feminist_Library |...