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Web archive of 800 art resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/web-archive-of-800-art-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) Portal Launched Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this site provides access to an...
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Bloomberg: a merger
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/28/bloomberg-a-merger/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2013 The recently merged mining and commodity trading company Glencore Xstrata reported a $7.7billion write-down of assets previously owned by Xstrata.
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New Social Science open access archive launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/22/new-social-science-open-access-archive-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2016 SocArXiv , being developed in association with Center for Open Science and an international research body of advisors will provide free open access to social science research papers .
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We Wear Culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/13/we-wear-culture/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2017 Great New Project from Google Arts and Culture Offers which offers free access to 30,000 Digitized Images and VR Films of Fashion Pieces From 180 famous Archives, Museums and Others.
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Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/commitment-to-reducing-inequality-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 New From Oxfam and Development Finance Index, a measure of how committed governments actually are to reducing inequality.
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Access to information aids development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/access-to-information-aids-development/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 …according to the Development and Access to Information (DA2I) report from the Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School and...
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Sex discrimination and sexism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/sex-discrimination-and-sexism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 The Fawcett Society Sex Discrimination review found significant failings in the current laws.
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LGBTQ+ Student Mental Health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/03/lgbtq-student-mental-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2018 The challenges and needs of gender, sexual and romantic minorities in Higher Education The latest report from Student Minds completed by 467 students, recent graduates and members of...
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Anti-Semitism growing in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/anti-semitism-growing-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 Shocking data this week that anti-Semitic incidents recorded by the Community Security trust continue to grow. Their 2018 annual report lists 1,652.
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Standards of conduct in banking
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/standards-of-conduct-in-banking/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Read the recent Financial Conduct Authority reports to find out which 5 banks it fined for failing to control business practices in their foreign...