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UK Archives: Empire Windrush resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/uk-archives-empire-windrush-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 To mark the 75 th anniversary of the ship bringing Caribbean migrants to the UK the UK archives has released a 7-minute film about their ‘Windrush’ resources.
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Direction of AI Innovation in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/direction-of-ai-innovation-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This report from Institute for Public Policy Research outlines the AI innovation landscape in the UK to determine which type of AI deployment is and is not currently taking place.
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Picture3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/10/a-day-in-the-life-convicts-on-board-prison-hulks/picture3-2/
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-4/
9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.
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Journalism and Discourse Studies launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/journalism-and-discourse-studies-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 This new open access journal is published by Newcastle University. It aims to offer a forum for the publication of studies covering critical discourse analysis and journalism.
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Poverty and Social Exclusion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/poverty-and-social-exclusion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Latest Report from Poverty and Social Exclusion Project The shocking findings on rising levels of poverty in the UK were presented at a conference in London this week.
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British Political Speech Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/british-political-speech-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 A great resource developed by Swansea University. It lists all major speeches for Conservative, Labour and Liberal/Liberal Democrat Party leaders from 1895 onwards.
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NATO Archives Online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/nato-archives-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 The official website now contains early committee documents from 1949-1959, press releases from 1961 onwards and over 300 full text books.
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1979 elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/1979-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 Rewind to the 1979 elections #79 rewind from the Open University is tweeting stories from the 1979 campaign to examine how they correspond with current issues.
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DatNav – How to navigate human rights data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/02/datnav-how-to-navigate-human-rights-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 2, 2016 Benetech , Amnesty International, and the Engine Room have created this useful guide for human rights workers and organisations on how to use, present and select data for advocacy work.