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• NATO Archives Online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/nato-archives-online/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 The official website now contains early committee documents from 1949-1959, press releases from 1961 onwards and over 300 full text books.

• 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.

• Press freedom

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/press-freedom-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 To mark World Press Freedom day, UNESCO adopted the Riga Declaration .  This affirms the importance of free journalism for sustainable development.

• Media pluralism and democracy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/media-pluralism-and-democracy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Published this week, the latest Eurobarometer survey of EU citizens on Media pluralism and democracy found that 57% of EU citizens believe that the media in their countries...

• Global Risks in the World 2017

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/global-risks-in-the-world-2017/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 This week the World Economic Forum released its latest annual report on risk in 2017.   It focuses on five areas, economic, social, technological, geopolitical and environmental.

• Election Access Observation Toolkit

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/19/election-access-observation-toolkit/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2018 The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), along with the Disabled Person’s Organization (DPO) has developed an Election Access Observation Toolkit.

• Freedom on the Net report 2018 launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/freedom-on-the-net-report-2018-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 Freedom House has just launched its latest annual report on the state of democracy and freedom on the Internet.

• Women in data science

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/women-in-data-science/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 A resource from Stanford University. The Women in Data Science initiative  was launched in 2018.

• How can online learning be improved?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/how-can-online-learning-be-improved/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 A relevant question at the moment.