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• Flood data portal

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/flood-data-portal/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 New from UNOSAT download satellite-derived flood data in GIS vector format from the United Nations.

• Where is the world’s happiest country?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/where-is-the-worlds-happiest-country/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 Find out in the 2016 update to the World Happiness report .  It ranks 156 nations according to a number of detailed criteria which are explained in the methodology.

• Yoto Carnegie Medals

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/07/02/yoto-carnegie-medals/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2024 The winners of the 2024 Yoto Carnegies have been announced. See who won: https://yotocarnegies.co.

• Violation Tracker Global

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/11/violation-tracker-global/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2024 A new website created by the U.S.

• Facebook launches Notify News App

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/facebook-launches-notify-news-app/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 As a dedicated app for iOS, it’s designed to be a central hub for alerts from a variety of partners, including BuzzFeed, CNN, Washington Post, Vogue and the Weather Channel.

• Is your bank under stress?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/04/is-your-bank-under-stress/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 4, 2015 Read the latest report from the Bank of England for 2015 – the tests ‘assess the resilience of UK banks and building societies to a deterioration in global economic conditions.

• World Cities report 2016 launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/world-cities-report-2016-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 From UN Habitat this year’s annual report focuses on the theme of urbanization and development: emerging futures.

• Register to vote

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/21/register-to-vote/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 21, 2015 Register to vote in UK national, local and EU elections. More information at http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register-to-vote  and http://www.ucu.org.

• Digital Fan Magazine Collection (1911-1963)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/digital-fan-magazine-collection-1911-1963/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 Free access to the full text of a growing number of popular magazines produced for film fans in the mid 20 th century via the Media History Digital Library.

• Rosa Parks digital collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/rosa-parks-digital-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 Just released by the Library of Congress, this great new online resource celebrating the life, civil rights achievements and legacy of Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up a seat to a...