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• Historical American Newspapers – a reminder

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/historical-american-newspapers-a-reminder/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 The Chronicling America database from the Library of Congress  provides access to more that 8.1 million newspapers 1836-1922.

• The EU referendum

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/the-eu-referendum/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 An interesting article in the Conversation considers 40 years of polling history.  Use the blog to follow the conversation on what exit will mean.

• IMF gender equality data tool

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/imf-gender-equality-data-tool/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 IMF has conducted the first-ever global review of policymakers’ use of tax and spending policies to promote gender equality and has released an online database toolkit of gender...

• Violence against women and girls

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/violence-against-women-and-girls/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 #HerStoryOurStory – a joint campaign which aims to raise awareness of the prevalence and impact of violence against women and girls, has been launched jointly by the UN and EU The...

• Papers of Woodrow Wilson now online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/papers-of-woodrow-wilson-now-online/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 Latest free collection from the library of Congress which includes private papers, letters and manuscripts from the president who served from 1913-1921.

• Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/fighting-disinformation-online-building-the-database-of-web-tools/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 A new report from think tank Rand  describes the building of the database which has links to useful sources for researchers on detecting spam, codes, credibility scoring,...

• Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019) 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/atlas-of-mortality-and-economic-losses-from-weather-climate-and-water-extremes-1970-2019/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019 )  A rich source of data published recently by the World Meteorological...

• Indigenous lands

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/indigenous-lands/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Find out which Indigenous lands you live on using an   interactive map .

• Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/generative-ai-and-jobs-a-refined-global-index-of-occupational-exposure/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 This ILO Working Paper updates an earlier 2023 edition. It examines potential job threats posed by AI in different sectors using a methodology provided.

• Observatory on AI and Work in the Digital Economy.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/04/observatory-on-ai-and-work-in-the-digital-economy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2024 Observatory on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Work in the Digital Economy . Recently launched by ILO. It will focus on aspects of AI and the workplace.