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Which employers did not pay the minimum wage?

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/which-employers-did-not-pay-the-minimum-wage/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 View the list released by the UK government . Their website also covers regulation .

What institutions do people trust?

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/what-institutions-do-people-trust/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 The 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer surveyed 33,000 people in 27 countries on their trust in the institutions of government, media, business and NGOs.

Alternatives to Wikileaks

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/alternatives-to-wikileaks/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 Wikileaks is widely known as a portal where whistleblowers can securely upload classified information. Recently a number of newspapers have created their own systems.

Election turnouts

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/election-turnouts/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 History Workshop has posted an interesting 1955 anarchist pamphlet on its website called vote for Joe Soap. It raises the issue for voter non turnout.

COP22 Climate Change conference

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/cop22-climate-change-conference/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 …was held in Marrakesh this week.

Digital Presidential transition

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/digital-presidential-transition/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 With the changeover to a new president the White House has announced its plans for archiving social media and website from the Obama administration.

Liberation Technology

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/10/liberation-technology/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2011 A research programme based at Stanford University which is exploring how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote...