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The Changing Wealth of Nations 1995-2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/the-changing-wealth-of-nations-1995-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 This book from the World Bank tracks the wealth of 141 countries between 1995 and 2014.
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New address for this blog
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/22/new-address-for-the-blog/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2013 Hello all. The Social Sciences Librarians’ Blog has a new address https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/ RSS feed addresses have also changed.
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Cornell University Political Americana Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/cornell-university-political-americana-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Cornell University Political Americana Collection Hundreds of images of political commemorative items from the USA from 1789 to 1980.
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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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Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.
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Media pluralism and democracy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/media-pluralism-and-democracy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Published this week, the latest Eurobarometer survey of EU citizens on Media pluralism and democracy found that 57% of EU citizens believe that the media in their countries...
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What institutions do people trust?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/what-institutions-do-people-trust/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 The 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer surveyed 33,000 people in 27 countries on their trust in the institutions of government, media, business and NGOs.
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Are millennial workers ‘lazy’ ‘digital addicts’?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/are-millennial-workers-lazy-digital-addicts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 These are some of the myths challenged by the IBM global study of over 1,700 workers born between 1980-1993.
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American race riots
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/american-race-riots/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 Newsmuseum has created a teaching and learning site which has archived front pages of newspaper coverage of events, plus lesson plans and links to historical resources on early...
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EU referendum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/eu-referendum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 View Demos visual mapping of the Brexit Twitterosphere f or a stunning visual examination of key players and networks.