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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.
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Meta-Activism Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.
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Politics twitter feeds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/28/politics-twitter-feeds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 28, 2011 Politicker USA http://www.politickerusa.com/ Good directory of twitter feeds from politicians, parties and USA presidential candidates. Follow them all in one place.
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Foreign Relations of the United States: latest release
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/02/foreign-relations-of-the-united-states-latest-release/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 2, 2011 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XV, Soviet Union, June 1972–August 1974 http://history.state.
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European Politics and Policy blog (EUROPP) launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/02/european-politics-and-policy-blog-europp-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2012 http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/about-europp/ Launched this week, a new blog from the London School of Economics.
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Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-12
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/16/times-higher-education-world-university-rankings-2011-12/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2012 The latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings are now available for the 2011-12 academic year.
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18 days in Egypt
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/04/18-days-in-egypt/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2012 http://beta.18daysinegypt.
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Arab social media report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/21/arab-social-media-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 21, 2012 http://www.dsg.ae/en/asmr3/index.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Dubai University has been conducting surveys of the use of social media in the Arab uprising.
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New York Times Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/24/new-york-times-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2012 We have electronic access to the full text of the New York Times for 1851-2008 and an index for 1851 to 1993 which enables searching on specific subject terms.
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Learn to Communicate with Crisis-Affected Communities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/20/learn-to-communicate-with-crisis-affected-communities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 20, 2012 http://infoasaid.org/e-learning/course/start Infoasaid Launches E-Learning Course on Humanitarian Communication a new, free online learning course.