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• Stonewall 50th commemoration web archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/stonewall-50th-commemoration-web-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Just launched by Columbia University, a searchable web archive of 50 th anniversary commemorations of the Stonewall uprising. The Stonewall uprising a key event in LGBT history.

• We need more women in science.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/10/we-need-more-women-in-science/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2017 The UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science was celebrated on 11 February.

• Real-time crime index, USA

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/20/real-time-crime-index-usa/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2024 An initiative to provide real-time updated data and mappings of crime in the USA.  It has been built by AH Datalytics and supported by Arnold Ventures .

• Twitter: 10th anniversary

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/twitter-10th-anniversary/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 See a collection of significant tweets in this short history from Wired magazine.   Read also the Guardian debate on whether you love or hate it.

• How has social media usage changed 2005-15?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/how-has-social-media-usage-changed-2005-15/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 Find out by checking the results from the latest Pew Internet research report which covers the USA.

• Bloomberg: effects of QE in fixed income markets

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/07/bloomberg-effects-of-qe-in-fixed-income-markets/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 7, 2013 Quantitative easing has increased the level of liquidity in financial markets and helped drive down yields in government bond markets.

• Economic impact of Ebola

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/20/economic-impact-ebola/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2014 The economic impact of the 2014 Ebola epidemic with short and medium term estimates for West Africa from the World Bank.

• Global slavery index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/global-slavery-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the Walk Free Foundation there are 38.5 million slaves worldwide. including 8,300 in the UK.

• Journal of Cultural Economy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/03/journal-of-cultural-economy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 3, 2011 We now have access to the Journal of Cultural Economy from 2008 onwards.  Find it on Leicester Elink.

• Open Secrets.org

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/22/open-secrets-org/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2011 http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/index.php From the Center for Responsive Politics.  Includes data for the US 2012 presidential elections .