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Yemen Truce Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/20/yemen-truce-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2022 Yemen Truce Monitor – ACLED (acleddata.com) Updated every Tuesday, this site tracks violations of the truce in Yemen which was agreed in April 2022.
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Ukraine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/16/ukraine/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 16, 2022 The Ukraïnica platform has been created by the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University.
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Bloomberg: US film revenues
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/14/bloomberg-us-film-revenues/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 14, 2013 Superhero blockbusters such as “Man of Steel” boosted movie sales in the second quarter after U.S. cinema takings declined during the past two years.
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Bloomberg: Italy’s economy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/03/bloomberg-italys-economy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2013 Analyzing Italy’s Economy as a New Government is Formed New Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won the final confidence vote needed from the Italian Parliament to install his government...
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Bloomberg: offshore yuan values
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/bloomberg-offshore-yuan-values/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 The offshore yuan weakened on May 6 by the most since 2011 after Chinese regulators announced a probe of export data and new restrictions on loans.
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Bloomberg: Quantitative Easing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/bloomberg-quantitative-easing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 U.K. CPI dropped to a seven-month low last month, driven by lower energy prices. April’s 2.4 percent was less than economists’ median forecast of 2.6 percent.
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Longer lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/longer-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 The UK government has launched a new public health site to provide citizens with easily accessible data about premature death and mortality rates: http://longerlives.phe.org.
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Is AI reinforcing Gender Biases?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-ai-reinforcing-gender-biases/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 Yes, according to the latest report from UNESCO entitled I’d blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education The 145-page report feels that there is...
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Rainbow map of Europe – LGBTQ+ rights
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/rainbow-map-of-europe-lgbtq-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 To mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (May 17th) and #Standup4HumanRights and to promote an equal, just and inclusive world for all, ILGA has ...
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Parental monitoring of internet use
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/parental-monitoring-of-internet-use/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2014 The latest report from Ofcom presents findings on the use of new media by British children and the role of parents in...