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Photography of the Ukraine war (contains disturbing images)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/photography-of-the-ukraine-war-contains-disturbing-images/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 Capturing Struggle: Ukraine Through American and Ukrainian Lenses From University of Berkeley, an exhibition documenting the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
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The UK Insecure Work Index 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/the-uk-insecure-work-index-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 The latest annual index from the Work Foundation shows that, in 2023, an estimated 6.8 million people (21.4%) were in severely insecure work, an increase of 500,000 from 2022.
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Dr Kathleen Lynn digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/15/dr-kathleen-lynn-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2024 This Royal College of Physicians of Ireland maintained website provides information and access to digitised materials relating to the career of Dr Kathleen Lynn , nationalist and chief...
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Who owns the UK Media?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/who-owns-the-uk-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 An i nteresting new report from the Media Reform Coalition states that 3 companies own 71% of the market.
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More data portals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/more-data-portals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 O pen Data Inception has mapped over 1600 open data portals around the world. Hover over the maps to get statistics on different nations.
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UoL Historian wins double book prize
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/07/18/uol-historian-wins-double-book-prize/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2024 Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2024 and the Australian Historical...
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IFES revamp website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/29/ifes-revamp-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 29, 2015 International Foundation for Electoral systems has launched a new version of its website with its latest annual report which covers its work in promoting free elections worldwide.
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Thousands of women are criminalised needlessly
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/07/03/thousands-of-women-are-criminalised-needlessly/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2015 According to the latest Report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System large numbers of women are being sent to prison for short term sentences which are...
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Oman Library at the Middle East Institute Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/oman-library-at-the-middle-east-institute-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 Oman Library at the Middle East Institute (MEI) digital collection includes rare books published from 1700 to 1921 in 7 Middle Eastern languages including Arabic, French and Turkish.
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The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/04/the-impact-of-online-misinformation-on-u-s-covid-19-vaccinations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2021 Paper from arxiv with the following findings: consistently, negative opinions toward vaccines are correlated with misinformation.