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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.
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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 .
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theHive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/thehive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 World Bank’s theHive This site has been in beta for a while but is developing well. Register for free to get the most benefits.
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Access to Middle East and Islamic resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/15/access-to-middle-east-and-islamic-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2013 http://amirmideast.blogspot.co.uk/ Useful blog highlighting open access resources in this area. Journals covering all subject areas. Created by USA libraries.
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PingER – how bad is the Internet in Africa?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/pinger-how-bad-is-the-internet-in-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 The PingER (Ping End-to-end Reporting) Internet End-to-end Performance Measurement (IEPM) project monitors performance of Internet links from over 700 sites in 160 nations.
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AFP e-diplomacy hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/19/afp-e-diplomacy-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 19, 2013 Find out about twitter and foreign policy.
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UK Web Content to be archived
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/18/uk-web-content-to-be-archived/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 18, 2013 The Legal Deposit Libraries of the UK and Ireland are to archive UK web content for the benefit of future researchers. More information from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.
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Mobile trends
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/30/mobile-trends/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 30, 2013 comScore has released its latest Mobile Future in Focus report for the US http://www.comscore.
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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: Macroeconomic data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/22/bloomberg-macroeconomic-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2013 The U.K. economy grew 0.3 percent in the first quarter, avoiding a triple dip recession. Bloomberg functions show much of the recovery comes from the services industry.