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Education in emergencies and humanitarian crises
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/education-in-emergencies-and-humanitarian-crises/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 Education Cluster (UNICEF / Save the Children) A joint initiative from UNICEF and Save the children which aims to assist professionals working on subjects relating to the role and...
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100 Voices that made the BBC – Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/100-voices-that-made-the-bbc-election/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 A significant new audio and visual archive of historic election coverage released as part of a research project by the BBC and University of Sussex.
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Online newspaper archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/online-newspaper-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 A really useful listing from Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) blog which draws together in one place an A-Z listing of links to news resources that can be difficult to...
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Do young people trust the news?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/do-young-people-trust-the-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Fascinating report from the Knight Foundation which focusses on findings from qualitative research with 52 teenagers and young adults in three U.S.
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Brexit Digital Library Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/brexit-digital-library-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 With the triggering of Article 50, here is an opportunity to compare the 1975 and 2016 EU referendum campaigns.
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Free cash point machines are disappearing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/free-cash-point-machines-are-disappearing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 Free ATMs are disappearing. Link provides monthly financial inclusion reports which map numbers and geographical locations of cash machines.
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IDAHOT 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/idahot-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was observed on May 17.
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United Nations Digital Library launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/united-nations-digital-library-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The long awaited site combines a number of existing sources from UNBIS net in a more user friendly and mobile friendly format.
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Which countries are best for children’s rights?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/which-countries-are-best-for-childrens-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 International children’s rights foundation KidsRights and Erasmus University, Rotterdam have recently published the KidsRights Index 2017, a global ranking which charts countries’...
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Egyptian protests digital archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/egyptian-protests-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Recently, Mosireen launched its Internet “resistance archive,” 858 The collection includes footage shot during the revolution by both members and non-members from 18 days in...