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Pandemic Through the Lens of Google Searches
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/18/pandemic-through-the-lens-of-google-searches/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2020 Evolution of the Pandemic Through the Lens of Google Searches New data from the World Bank .
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Library of Congress digitises more early Presidential Papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/library-of-congress-digitises-more-early-presidential-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 Recently added are: Papers of President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) Papers of President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) Papers of President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) Papers...
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Digital Verification Corps
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/19/digital-verification-corps/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 19, 2021 The Digital Verification Corps is a network of volunteers from 6 universities worldwide trained to verify social media videos and photos of potential human rights violations.
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Which jobs are at risk from AI automation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/which-jobs-are-at-risk-from-ai-automation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 A report from Nesta, Mapping Career Causeways: Supporting workers at risk , looks at jobs at risk from AI and how workers can transition to similar posts which are less precarious.
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The female Form through time
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/15/the-female-form-through-time/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2021 The female Form through time: Google Arts and Culture exhibition Online resource curated by the Discovery Museum which shows how fashion, clothing and culture have dictated...
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Migration Network Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/26/migration-network-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2021 The United Nations Network on Migration was launched recently It aims to provide a place where researcher scan access a variety of resources relating to worldwide migration including...
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Chinese Comic Book covers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/10/chinese-comic-book-covers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2021 Chinese comic book covers Curated by Chinese Studies Librarian Zhaohui Xue, this online exhibition from Stanford University of the covers of various comic books held in the...
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UNCTAD COVID-19 Response Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/unctad-covid-19-response-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 United Nations Conference on trade and development has launched a new portal with data on the impact of Covid-19 on manufacturing, trade and foreign direct investment. It has 25 indicators.
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SDG Investor Platform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/sdg-investor-platform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 On 14 April 2021, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Secretary-General’s Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance launched the ‘SDG...
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The Hologic Global Women’s Health Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/08/10/the-hologic-global-womens-health-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 10, 2021 Aims to be the first globally comparative study of women’s health. It is based on Gallup world poll data.