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• Map Kibera

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/map-kibera/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Another interesting example of citizens and aid agencies using social media for community empowerment/development. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is a city suburb.

• Bloomberg: stock valuations with historical context

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/04/bloomberg-stock-valuations-with-historical-context/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2013 EMC Corp. announced a quarterly dividend on May 30 and expanded its stock buyback plan at a time when it was trading 15 percent below its 12-month high.

• Bloomberg: Economy forecasts for China

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/bloomberg-economy-forecasts-for-bloomberg/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 The Chinese economy is slowing to a forecast rate of 7.5 percent for 2013 as the government seeks to curb excessive lending and reduce reliance on exports.

• Social science video sites

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/social-science-video-sites/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events .  Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net .

• Vacant properties

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/vacant-properties/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 Who owns property and leaves it empty? Recently the Grenfell tower tragedy has exposed the scandal of unoccupied foreign owner property in the UK.

• Prisons Memory Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/prisons-memory-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The Prisons Memory Archive (PMA) is a collection of 175 filmed oral history recordings from individuals who had a connection with Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison during...

• Towards ethical testimonies of sexual violence during conflict

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/towards-ethical-testimonies-of-sexual-violence-during-conflict/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 These resources have been developed by Professor Nayanika Mookherjee (Anthropology, Durham University) in collaboration with Research Initiatives Bangladesh (RIB) based on her publications.

• The Covid decade: Understanding the long-term societal impact

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-covid-decade-understanding-the-long-term-societal-impact/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 The British Academy published  a report this week into the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on British society.

• The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/04/the-impact-of-online-misinformation-on-u-s-covid-19-vaccinations/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2021 Paper from arxiv with the following findings: consistently, negative opinions toward vaccines are correlated with misinformation.

• The Fake News Wave: Academic Libraries’ Battle Against Misinformation During COVID-19

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/the-fake-news-wave-academic-libraries-battle-against-misinformation-during-covid-19/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 Bangani, S. (2021) ‘ The Fake News Wave: Academic Libraries’ Battle Against Misinformation During COVID-19′, The Journal of Academic Librarianship , 47(5).