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3 open-access books about Social Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/3-open-access-books-about-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 How the World Changed Social Media: Download free from http://bit.ly/24AUbKH Social Media in an English Village: Download free from http://bit.
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Global State of Freedom of Information is ‘worrying’…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/global-state-of-freedom-of-information-is-worrying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 …according to the annual Open Data Barometer from the World Wide Web Foundation. It says that only 50% of the 92 included countries have ‘reasonably strong’ laws.
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Vacant properties
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/vacant-properties/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 Who owns property and leaves it empty? Recently the Grenfell tower tragedy has exposed the scandal of unoccupied foreign owner property in the UK.
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Consumer behaviour in the UK (Black Friday/Christmas)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/consumer-behaviour-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 PWC retail outlook has predictions for the UK economy It also has the results of a recent survey on predicted shopping/ consumer behaviour for Black Friday in 2017.
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World Economic Forum Transformation Maps
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/world-economic-forum-transformation-maps/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 First created in 2015 to map and visualize complex changes associated with globalisation, these resources are now freely available to the public. Over 120 issues are covered.
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Little Data book on Gender
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/little-data-book-on-gender/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 A new handy reference tool from the World Bank for those seeking accessible statistics on gender. It covers 217 countries, tracing progress in closing gender gaps between 2000-2017.
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Parliamentary rules database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/parliamentary-rules-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 ParlRulesData.org is a machine‐readable dataset of House of Commons Standing Orders between 1811 and 2015.
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Windrush Passengers 1948 Arrival List
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/windrush-passengers-1948-arrival-list/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Digitised by Goldsmiths University of London new transcription of the Windrush passenger list the original of which is held at The National Archives.
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Financial Secrecy Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/financial-secrecy-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Which jurisdictions have the most secret offshore tax havens? Find out in the latest annual ranking from the Tax Justice Network which covers transparency and accountability .
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Radical! A Retrospective of Twentieth-Century Dissent
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/12/radical-a-retrospective-of-twentieth-century-dissent/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2020 An online exhibition from the University of Utah It includes examples of 20th century pamphlets, posters and literary magazines from radical socialist and workers organisations.