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Modern Classics: A Frost in May (14th)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/04/19/modern-classics-a-frost-in-may-14th/
Meeting details for the Modern Classics Book Group's discussion of A Frost in May
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How many times a day do you check your phone?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/how-many-times-a-day-do-you-check-your-phone/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 According to the latest Ofcom communications report people in the UK now check their smartphones, on average, every 12 minutes of the waking day.
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Alice Munro, Canadian ‘Master’ of the Short Story
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/11/01/alice-munro-canadian/
Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature, 2013
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Fat Cat Thursday (4th January)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/05/fat-cat-thursday-4th-january/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 5, 2018 In just three working days, the UK’s top bosses made more money than the typical UK full-time worker will earn in the entire year.
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Alumni and supporters privacy notice
https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/alumni-and-supporters
Learn more about how your data is handled as alumni and/or a supporter of the University of Leicester.
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Try these recommended sources: BBC radio and TV archive footage 1948-1990 Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg has 250 short videos on life in divided Berlin Chronicle of...
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The State of the State Report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/the-state-of-the-state-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 The State of the State report from the think tank Reform, and Deloitte which analyses the state of and opinions about the UK public sector.
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World Development Indicators (WDI) 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/25/world-development-indicators-wdi-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 25, 2016 Just released by the World Bank this major dataset which has over 800 indicators covering more than 150 economies.
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Congressional Directories, 19th and 20th centuries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/03/congressional-directories-19th-and-20th-centuries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 3, 2023 Congressional Directory from the 19th and 20th centuries. Are being digitised by USA GPO. The first release includes Directories from 1869–1888, as well as 1993.
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How many times a day do you look at your phone?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/how-many-times-a-day-do-you-look-at-your-phone/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 http://www.tecmark.co.