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Digital Data Gender Divide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/digital-data-gender-divide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Today worldwide 327 million fewer women than men have a smartphone and can access the mobile Internet. This report from the OECD considers what can be done.
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2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/2019-united-nations-peacekeeping-ministerial-conference/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference on Uniformed Capabilities, Performance and Protection.
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Principled Aid Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/principled-aid-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 Launched in March by the Overseas development index , this index ranks bilateral Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors by the extent to which they give aid to countries...
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General News on the Internet Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/general-news-on-the-internet-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 This new collection has been launched by the Library of Congress . Since June 2014 they have regularly been web archiving online only general news sites, mainly from USA.
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Historic election data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/historic-election-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 For historic elections data see the Elections centre University of Plymouth It provides free access to detailed handbooks of trends and results from 1991-2011 Historic election...
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Black Britain on Film Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/black-britain-on-film-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 Free via the BFI player this collection of films celebrates the Black presence in Britain.
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Operational research resources for development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/operational-research-resources-for-development/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) has created a Wikipedia-type page of free resources for development workers and developing countries to read and...
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14 consecutive years of deterioration in political rights and civil liberties worldwide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/14-consecutive-years-of-deterioration-in-political-rights-and-civil-liberties-worldwide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 According to the latest annual summary of civil liberties and human rights worldwide , there have been 14 years of deterioration in political rights and civil liberties.
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Does going to college pay?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/does-going-to-college-pay/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Update from IFS on the impact of college graduation on earnings in the UK.
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Freedom in the world, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/freedom-in-the-world-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from Freedom House which maps trends in democracy worldwide. This year it has materials on the impact of the pandemic on democracy.