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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.
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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.
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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.
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The IPPO Living Map: a searchable database of evidence on the social impacts of COVID-19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/15/the-ippo-living-map-a-searchable-database-of-evidence-on-the-social-impacts-of-covid-19/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2021 Just launched, a searchable international database of systematic reviews of research about the social impacts of COVID-19.
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Don’t Look Away: No place for exclusion of LGBTI students (UNESCO)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/dont-look-away-no-place-for-exclusion-of-lgbti-students-unesco/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) and UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report released findings from research and surveys on the situation of LGBTQI...
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Useful WTO links
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/useful-wto-links/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 WTO’s General Council ePortal (GCeP) Includes information on all issues raised and discussed by the World Trade Organisation since 1995 with links, where possible, to associated...
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Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/gigantic-pterosaur
University of Leicester researcher involved in study of one of the largest pterosaurs of the Jurassic era
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Supporting teaching in Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/12/18/supporting-teaching-in-special-collections/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on December 18, 2014 Supporting academic colleagues with teaching is an important part of our work in Special Collections.
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Welcome New Students!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/26/welcome-new-students/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on September 26, 2016 A warm welcome from Special Collections to new students starting this autumn! Here are my top tips to ease you into university life (with a little help from the University Archives).
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Finding Dolly Shepherd in Historical Directories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/07/finding-dolly-shepherd-in-historical-directories/
Guest blog post on Edwardian Lady Parachutist Dolly Shepherd, by Debra Wallace