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How can online learning be improved?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/how-can-online-learning-be-improved/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 A relevant question at the moment.
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Peoples Assembly against Austerity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/07/peoples-assembly-against-austerity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2014 Peoples Assembly against Austerity launch new website Includes materials from unions, socialists and campaign groups against welfare cuts.
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Mapping Early American Elections Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/mapping-early-american-elections-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 Just launched this major project funded by National Endowment for the Humanities which will provide free access to visualisations on a state level of how Americans voted for their...
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International Women’s Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/08/international-womens-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2018 International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8 th March to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. This year the theme is Press for Progress.
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How the BBC is using WhatsApp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/how-the-bbc-is-using-whatsapp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...
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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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How one woman’s app is changing political communication
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/how-one-womans-app-is-changing-political-communication/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Pia Mancini from Argentina is developing IT tools that can empower communities to get involved in politics worldwide in this recent Guardian newspaper article.
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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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Photography of the Ukraine war (contains disturbing images)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/photography-of-the-ukraine-war-contains-disturbing-images/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 Capturing Struggle: Ukraine Through American and Ukrainian Lenses From University of Berkeley, an exhibition documenting the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
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The UK Insecure Work Index 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/the-uk-insecure-work-index-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 The latest annual index from the Work Foundation shows that, in 2023, an estimated 6.8 million people (21.4%) were in severely insecure work, an increase of 500,000 from 2022.