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Big data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/big-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 Accessing and Using Big Data to Advance Social Science Knowledge A useful project to follow from the Oxford Internet Institute. Running 2012-14.
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Internet Verification Handbook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/07/internet-verification-handbook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2014 Internet Verification Handbook How do you know if something published on the Internet is true? This free handbook has been published for journalists in emergency situations by the...
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South Asian Digital Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/south-asian-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/ An independent non-profit site which seeks to document the experiences of Asian Americans.
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Violence against women journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/violence-against-women-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Violence and Harassment against Women in the News Media International News Safety Institute and the International Women’s Media Foundation have just launched the first international...
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Audit of Political Engagement in UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/audit-of-political-engagement-in-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 2014 Audit of Political Engagement released by the Hansard Society This annual report considers knowledge, understanding, engagement and participation in politics by the British public.
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Women work for nothing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/women-work-for-nothing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 According to the latest briefing from the Fawcett Society , the UK Gender gap is growing. It constitutes the equivalent of women working for free for over 2 months per year.
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Globally women earn 24% less than men
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/01/globally-women-earn-24-less-than-men/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 1, 2015 Regional gender pay gaps vary from an average 33% in South Asia to 14% in the Middle East and North Africa.
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New LGBT Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/new-lgbt-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 U.S. Homophile Internationalism is a new online exhibit which can be found on the Outhistory.org website . The website states “This archive and exhibit explores U.S.
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New website on Disaster Displacement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/new-website-on-disaster-displacement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 This aims to create a single platform or place where information can be found about people displaced by natural crises, disasters and climate change.
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The EU referendum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/the-eu-referendum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 An interesting article in the Conversation considers 40 years of polling history. Use the blog to follow the conversation on what exit will mean.