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Truthy project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/11/12/truthy-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 12, 2010 Aims to analyse and create visual representations of how information is diffused on Twitter.
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Liberation Technology
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/10/liberation-technology/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2011 A research programme based at Stanford University which is exploring how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote...
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World Service Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/06/17/world-service-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/docarchive The BBC World Service archive of radio podcasts provides access to documentaries.
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Reporters Without Frontiers – Arab Revolt
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/19/arab-revolt-reporters-without-frontiers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 19, 2011 http://en.rsf.org/the-arab-revolt.html Reporters without Frontiers has created a special section on their website to cover the recent Arab uprisings.
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FRAGEN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/01/fragen/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 1, 2011 http://www.fragen.nu/aletta/fragen Fragen (FRAmes on GENder) is an electronic library of full text feminist works published since the 1960s.
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Big Innovation Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/23/big-innovation-centre/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 23, 2011 http://www.biginnovationcentre.com/ Launched by the Work Foundation and Lancaster University in September 2011. Chair is Will Hutton.
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Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/mexico-turns-to-social-media-for-information-and-survival/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.
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More years better lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/31/more-years-better-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 31, 2011 http://www.jp-demographic.eu/process the EU programme on demographic change is a central point for finding the latest social science research in ageing across Europe.
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Millennium Development Goals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/19/millennium-development-goals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 19, 2011 The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) has released the latest data on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a devinfo book http://www.devinfo.
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International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/30/international-encyclopedia-of-the-social-behavioral-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 30, 2012 We now have access to the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Over 4,000 articles from leading authors in your field.