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Twitter and racism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/twitter-and-racism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 Is Twitter full of racist abuse? Read the new report from Demos on anti-social media: http://www.demos.co.
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Transparent: Inclusivity projects
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/25/transparent-inclusivity-projects/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2021 Transparent: Creating Organisations Inclusive of Black Women in Finance, Professional Services and Big Technology.
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Bloomberg: WAAC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/09/bloomberg-waac/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 9, 2013 One of the most popular Bloomberg functions in corporate evaluation and investment banking is WACC – Weighted Average Cost of Capital.
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UNESCO Data Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/unesco-data-centre/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 UNESCO Institute for Statistics has launched a new enhanced data centre For details on the topic areas covered consult the main UNESCO website.
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World ranking of prosperity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/world-ranking-of-prosperity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking of 142 countries.
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Webcultures archive launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/23/webcultures-archive-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 23, 2017 The project is part of the American Folklife Center, established by Congress to document traditional cultural forms and practices.
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United Nations disability statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/united-nations-disability-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 A new section of the UN main website now provides free access to data which it has collected since 1988. Sources are national level surveys, censuses and reports.
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Race and Diversity in UK Academia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/race-and-diversity-in-uk-academia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 Race and Diversity in UK Academia An analysis by the Conversation shows worrying under representation of black and Asian ethnic groups in UK universities both as students...
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GDPR explained
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/gdpr-explained/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 The EU has launched a general information portal for the public.
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Digital Incivility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/digital-incivility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The Microsoft Digital Civility Index (DCI) Microsoft has been measuring online behaviour and has found a worrying increase of bad behaviour and digital incivility over the last 4 years.