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Hungarian revolution, 1956
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/30/hungarian-revolution-1956/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2017 Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November...
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Orwell vs Kafka
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/10/orwell-vs-kafka/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2024 A suite of special programmes broadcast over eight days on BBC Radio 4 comprising a reading of 1984, six 30-minute documentaries on the authors and the relevance of their writing today...
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AI intersections database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/07/01/ai-intersections-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2024 AI intersections database maps intersections between social justice and human rights, documented AI impacts and their manifestations in society.
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Press freedom is declining
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/press-freedom-is-declining/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 According to the latest annual report from Reporteurs Sans Frontières which ranks 180 nations worldwide only 24% are rated as having a good level of press freedom, a decline from...
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Cuban Radionovelas
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/11/cuban-radionovelas/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 11, 2019 Currently being digitised by Tulane University library this collection of original Spanish-language radio soap operas — better known as radionovelas produced by Cuban Emigres in Miami...
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African women own fewer assets than men
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/african-women-own-fewer-assets-than-men/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Latest Afrobarometer finding on opinion polls conducted in 34 African nations 2016-18. It also covers attitudes towards household decision making.
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BC Gay and Lesbian archives now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/15/bc-gay-and-lesbian-archives-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2019 A major new LGBT digital collection from British Colombia and the city of Vancouver. The BC Gay and Lesbian Archives was established in 1976 and developed and maintained by Ron Dutton .
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Results UN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/02/23/results-un/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2021 A new website from The Office of Programme Planning and Finance Budget (OPPFB) and the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) of the United Nations.
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#ColorOurCollections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/10/colorourcollections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2021 For women’s history month, Europeana has released a great new colouring book about women in history with images from Europe’s greatest library and heritage collections.
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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.