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Political violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/18/political-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2023 ACLED Early Warning Dashboard , a new hub that offers interconnected tools for tracking political violence and demonstrations around the world.
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For South Asian Heritage Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/28/for-south-asian-heritage-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2023 CrossAsia Portal The portal has been set up by the Specialised Information Service Asia (Fachinformationsdienst Asien) at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
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Congressional Record from 1911-1921
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/03/congressional-record-from-1911-1921/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2017 … now available on GPO’s govinfo.
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Nashriyah: digital Iranian historic newspapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/nashriyah-digital-iranian-historic-newspapers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The University of Manchester now provides free access to a digital library of Iranian newspapers .
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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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WGBH Openvault – Historic US TV and radio
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/wgbh-openvault-historic-us-tv-and-radio/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Free access to clips from the WGBH Media Library and archives which includes TV and radio programmes many with transcripts.
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Primero: New Humanitarian open source software
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/primero-new-humanitarian-open-source-software/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 A potentially life–saving service which aims to provide free access to software and tracking devices for case workers protecting women and children in disaster or conflict zones.
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Violence against older people
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/violence-against-older-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 15th June has been designated by the United Nations as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to increase knowledge and work to eliminate abuse and violence against older people worldwide.
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The Politics of Women’s Suffrage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/22/the-politics-of-womens-suffrage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2021 The Politics of Women’s Suffrage edited by Alexandra Hughes-Johnson and Lyndsey Jenkins. A new open-access book from the School of Advanced study, University of London.
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Political violence, protest and COVID-19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/political-violence-protest-and-covid-19/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 ACLED (The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project ) has now released all political violence and protest data for 2021 .