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Tweeting #OWS
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/05/tweeting-ows/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2012 http://disc.library.emory.edu/ows/ A great new digital archive from Emory University. Ten million tweets about Occupy Wall Street have now been collected.
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TV News Search Borrow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/17/tv-news-search-borrow/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2012 http://archive.org/details/tv Internet Archive site. This service is designed to help USA citizens better understand the issues and candidates in the 2012 U.S.
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University of Rochester’s Empty Closet digital Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/22/university-of-rochesters-empty-closet-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 22, 2012 http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=4769 Free access to one of the longest running LGBT newspapers. The Gay Liberation Front launched the Empty Closet in 1971.
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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...
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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.
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Middle Eastern Film Posters
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/20/middle-eastern-film-posters/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 20, 2012 Middle Eastern Film Posters Digitization Initiative The Princeton University Digital Library Middle East film collections website contains 148 images (with Arabic texts) used to...
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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.
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How interconnected is the world?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/how-interconnected-is-the-world/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 DHL has just released its latest annual Global Interconnectedness Index which measures the extent of globalization in relation to flows of trade, capital and people.
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Where is the best place to be a woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the 2014 Global Gender Gap report issued by the World Economic Forum – Iceland is top of the rankings.
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Rapping the News
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/rapping-the-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 Rap News Plus from the official Vietnamese News Agency produces short rap videos aimed at young people from 15 to 25, news topics covered have included the Snowden leaks, European...