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Israel-Gaza Crisis: United Nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/israel-gaza-crisis-united-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 A site created by the United Nations to provide their perspective on the conflict. It includes official UN statements, resolutions and resources on humanitarian aid.
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The value of Libraries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/the-value-of-libraries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.
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Year in Twitter 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/year-in-twitter-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 Official website from Twitter where you can trace key trends and the most influential stories and individuals.
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Information Disorder – a report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/information-disorder/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 The Council of Europe recently commissioned this report on the ‘pollution’ of information and the Internet.
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Historic town planning: Kenya
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/01/5225/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2023 Digitisation of Nairobi City Council minutes and gazette archive collection from 1920-1950 at the McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi (Kenya) (EAP1357).
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Africa: child well-being
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/17/africa-child-well-being/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2023 The child well-being country scorecards , issued by Afrobaromater cover responses to questions posed to African citizens in over 30 nations, provide insight into perceptions and...
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Sexual harassment and abuse in Colleges
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/10/sexual-harassment-and-abuse-in-colleges/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2020 Office for Students will intervene if colleges do not have robust procedures for dealing with allegations of sexual harassment and abuse.
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British Library world newspaper data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/british-library-world-newspaper-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 Free to download. Get the full title list with dates of coverage and see a map visualizing the areas of the world they cover.
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Modern slavery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/14/modern-slavery-3/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2022 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, Forced Labour and Forced Marriage This report was produced through a collaboration between the ILO, Walk Free and the International...
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Countering disinformation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/countering-disinformation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 The Secretary-General of the United Nations has submitted report based on information and examples of best practices shared by States, UN entities and others on countering disinformation.