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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.
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Trump Archive launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/trump-archive-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 Ahead of the inauguration the Internet Archive has launched its own special Trump collection .
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UK youth unhappiness rising…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/uk-youth-unhappiness-rising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 …according to the latest annual Princes Trust survey of 2,194 16-25 year olds. Get the full results from their website.
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Standards of conduct in banking
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/standards-of-conduct-in-banking/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Read the recent Financial Conduct Authority reports to find out which 5 banks it fined for failing to control business practices in their foreign...
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Food security
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/food-security/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 Numbers starving worldwide rising Shocking news from the latest Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report released by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization.
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Which economy is most innovative
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/which-economy-is-most-innovative/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 Get some facts from the 2016 Global Innovation Index compiled by World intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Cornell University, INSEAD.
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Web archive of 800 art resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/web-archive-of-800-art-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) Portal Launched Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this site provides access to an...
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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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Latest Living Wage Commission report released
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/latest-living-wage-commission-report-released/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 The main Commission website has background on its aims and accounts from members of the public about experiences of life on low pay.
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Historical American Newspapers – a reminder
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/historical-american-newspapers-a-reminder/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 The Chronicling America database from the Library of Congress provides access to more that 8.1 million newspapers 1836-1922.