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Digital Data Gender Divide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/digital-data-gender-divide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Today worldwide 327 million fewer women than men have a smartphone and can access the mobile Internet. This report from the OECD considers what can be done.
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2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/2019-united-nations-peacekeeping-ministerial-conference/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference on Uniformed Capabilities, Performance and Protection.
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Principled Aid Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/principled-aid-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 Launched in March by the Overseas development index , this index ranks bilateral Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors by the extent to which they give aid to countries...
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General News on the Internet Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/general-news-on-the-internet-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 This new collection has been launched by the Library of Congress . Since June 2014 they have regularly been web archiving online only general news sites, mainly from USA.
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Parliamentary Procedure handbook now free online UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/parliamentary-procedure-handbook-now-free-online-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 Now freely available via the UK parliament website: Erskine May’s treatise on the law, privileges, proceedings and usage of Parliament (25th edition, 2019).
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The Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives Project (LONTAD)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/23/the-total-digital-access-to-the-league-of-nations-archives-project-lontad/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2019 The ultimate aim of this exciting project is to create a digital archive of the League of Nations (1920-1946), the predecessor of the United Nations.
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LGBTI in developing countries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/lgbti-in-developing-countries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 Surveys, big data, and experiments: how can we best learn about LGBTI development outcomes? Interesting new Research policy working paper from the World Bank which highlights the...
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Bloomberg: Studying Equity Volume Patterns for Clues on Price Direction
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/bloomberg-studying-equity-volume-patterns-for-clues-on-price-direction/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 Global equity markets rallied this month after a contraction in June. Trading volume can indicate whether these price movements will hold.
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Factiva tutorials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/23/factiva-tutorials/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 23, 2013 Library tutorials on how to use Factiva ( http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/databases/f/factiva ) available. Finding newspaper articles: https://connect.le.ac.
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NATO duty map
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/19/nato-duty-map/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2014 NATO on Duty A new official interactive map has been launched by NATO based on Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) software. Find out about current missions and partnerships.