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• World University rankings: what is their worth?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/world-university-rankings-what-is-their-worth/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 Interesting findings from an ARMA committee  investigating some of the most well known and influential rankings of universities:  ARWU ,  THE WR ,  QS, ...

• The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/26/the-armed-conflict-location-event-data-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2020 ACLED’s  political violence and protest data  website now has a new feature in addition to the datasets  which  allow researchers to monitor emerging crises around...

• UNSCR 1325 at 20: report from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/09/unscr-1325-at-20-report-from-the-womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2020 This WILPF report, Perspectives from Feminist Peace Activists and Civil Society , is based on a series of global interviews, consultations, and meetings with feminist peace activists...

• The Chinese Independent Film Archive (CIFA)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/30/the-chinese-independent-film-archive-cifa/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2020 Arts & Humanities Research Council funded research project led by Dr Sabrina Qiong Yu (Newcastle University), with Co-Investigators Professor Chris Berry (King’s College...

• Internet affordability

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/internet-affordability/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 Where is the internet inaffordable? Get the data from the latest annual report of the Affordable Internet Alliance .

• High Pay

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/high-pay/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 On 6th January the High Pay Centre declared    that the median FTSE 100 CEO’s earnings for 2021 had surpassed the median annual wage for a full-time worker in the UK.

• Presidential inaugurations

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/presidential-inaugurations/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 US senate has a list of dates off all ceremonies. Many examples have links to digitised images of official photographs or paintings plus ephemera such as tickets. U.S.

• ACLED-Religion

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/acled-religion/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 ACLED-Religion A new project collecting data on religious repression, disorder and violence. Coverage begins at the end of January 2021.

• Integrated National Financing Framework Knowledge Platform

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/integrated-national-financing-framework-knowledge-platform/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 A global knowledge platform on Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF), jointly developed by  DESA/FSDO , UNDP and the European Commission.

• The Fake News Wave: Academic Libraries’ Battle Against Misinformation During COVID-19

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/the-fake-news-wave-academic-libraries-battle-against-misinformation-during-covid-19/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 Bangani, S. (2021) ‘ The Fake News Wave: Academic Libraries’ Battle Against Misinformation During COVID-19′, The Journal of Academic Librarianship , 47(5).