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How has the Internet changed scholarly communication?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/how-has-the-internet-changed-scholarly-communication/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 Useful briefing from the Association of Research Libraries journal which gives a basic overview changes of trends in academic publishing since 1990s, covering journals online books...
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New data visualisation site from the Office for National Statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/new-data-visualisation-site-from-the-office-for-national-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Now in Beta version Visual.ONS http://visual.ons.gov.uk/ which aims to provide new visually interesting and accessible displays of official statistics.
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International Day of the Girl Child
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/international-day-of-the-girl-child/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 was celebrated by the UN on October 11th The official website has news , related resolutions and a resource section with reports including empowerment guidelines and statistics...
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Art under attack 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/art-under-attack-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016 . The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016.
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Sustainable Development Goals game
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/sustainable-development-goals-game/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The United Nations have created a special board game (based on Snakes and Ladders) to teach children about 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Richard Cobden
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/06/richard-cobden/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2023 Richard Cobden lette rs Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was a leading Victorian political stateman well known for his involvement in free trade debates and the anti-corn league.
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Revolutionary Papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/revolutionary-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024 An international, transdisciplinary research and teaching initiative on 20 th century anti-colonial, anti-imperial periodicals of the Global South.
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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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Thesis whisperer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/thesis-whisperer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses.
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WORLDbytes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/07/worldbytes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2011 http://www.worldbytes.