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• Creative memory of the Syrian revolution

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/creative-memory-of-the-syrian-revolution/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 The Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution provides free access to over 23,000 documents available in Arabic, French and English relating to Syrian civil society resistance...

• World Friendship Day – July 30th

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/world-friendship-day-july-30th/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 World Friendship day- why it is bad to be lonely ? 30th July was designated International day of friendship by the United Nations.

• Congressional Reports Service website launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/congressional-reports-service-website-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 Recently launched, an official website which provides free access to non-confidential briefing papers and reports supplied to members of the US Congress.

• What is the current state of the Internet?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/04/what-is-the-current-state-of-the-internet/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2019 Find out in the latest annual report on the global rate of connection from the ITU. This year’s theme is Broadband as Foundation for Sustainable Development.

• International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (November 2nd)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/01/international-day-to-end-impunity-for-crimes-against-journalists-november-2nd/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2019 The United Nations has designated 2 November as  International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.

• Black History Month

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/black-history-month-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 Essential Guide to Black British History   A handy guide produced by BBC History Extra magazine which is designed to interest the general reader.

• Celebrating LGBT History month

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/celebrating-lgbt-history-month/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 February is LGBT History month http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/ Take a look at the Gay t-Shirt archive!   Wearing Gay History a digital archive of American LGBT t-shirts.

• USA Primaries – Useful resources

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/26/usa-primaries-useful-resources/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 26, 2016 What is a primary? find out with this handy guide to the US electoral system from Vote Smart.

• Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected Writings

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/millicent-garrett-fawcett-selected-writings/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 A University of Edinburgh CDCS and genderEd  online book-launch event held in September 2022.

• Autograph letter collection, second batch

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/autograph-letter-collection-second-batch/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 A second batch of letters from the  Autograph Letter Collection   totalling 3,200 letters. This collection contains letters of prominent correspondents dating from 1851 to 1975.