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• Mapping Digital Media

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/mapping-digital-media/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 The Center for International Media Assistance in partnership with the Open Society Foundations, announced the publication of an interactive map   The project examines the global...

• Syria’s internet blackout

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.

• New interactive guide to humanitarian financing

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/new-interactive-guide-to-humanitarian-financing/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/data-guides/humanitarian-aid-network Based on the Global Humanitarian Assistance reports http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.

• Human Rights Web Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/04/human-rights-web-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2013 http://hrwa.cul.columbia.

• Google public alerts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.

• International Women’s Day: 8th March

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-8th-march/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 This year’s UN International Women’s Day focuses on ending violence against women. The song One Woman is released today to help laucnh the campaign. Hear it here: http://song.unwomen.

• 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.

• World Economic Forum launch Information Technology website

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/05/10/world-economic-forum-launch-information-technology-dashboard-website/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2011 The World Economic Forum has launched an information technology website which enables users to view charts by country of internet users, network infrastructure, and mobile phone...

• Map Kibera

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/map-kibera/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Another interesting example of citizens and aid agencies using social media for community empowerment/development. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is a city suburb.

• Republic of South Sudan

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/25/republic-of-south-sudan/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 25, 2011 The Republic of South Sudan has become the newest member of the United Nations.  Read the official UN resolution at: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/65/L.