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The Social Welfare History Image Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/30/the-social-welfare-history-image-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2017 This great site provides free access to a wealth of images drawn from the collections of VCU Libraries, Union Presbyterian Seminary Library, Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives,...
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Global Consumption Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/global-consumption-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Global Consumption Database Just launched by The World Bank and International Finance Corp (IFC). Useful for finding data on how people in developing countries spend their income.
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United States Election 2010 Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/united-states-election-2010-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 The United States Election 2010 Web Archive This new collection of over 1,2000 archived websites relates to the USA 2010 elections.
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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.
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Mobile trends
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/30/mobile-trends/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 30, 2013 comScore has released its latest Mobile Future in Focus report for the US http://www.comscore.
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(Dis)Connected Infrastructures and Violence Against Women project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/disconnected-infrastructures-and-violence-against-women-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 British Academy funded project involving staff from Kings College London, LSE and Indian universities.
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UK Council for International Student Affairs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/21/uk-council-for-international-student-affairs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 21, 2011 The UK Council for International Student Affairs website http://www.ukcisa.org.
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Bloomberg: assessing the Greek recovery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/14/bloomberg-assessing-the-greek-recovery/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2013 Data compiled from the European Commission show economic sentiment in Greece has risen from its low last June. Concerns that Greece may exit the euro have subsided.
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Social Media and Sexism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/social-media-and-sexism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 This week a report published by Demos discussed the extent of misogyny on Twitter . You can read the full text on the website.
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Hacking the academy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/23/hacking-the-academy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 23, 2011 http://www.digitalculture.org/hacking-the-academy/ Access the full text of a new book released by MPublishing, the publishing division of the University of Michigan Library.