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Women Peace and Security Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/women-peace-and-security-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 Launched in 2017 by Georgetown University in conjunction with Peace Research Institute (PRIO)— this free tool ranks 153 countries on both peace and security—and women’s...
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Posters from the Irish Civil Rights movement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/27/posters-from-the-irish-civil-rights-movement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 27, 2020 A new online exhibition from the Working Class Movement Library It includes images from 1969 posters made in Belfast and by London Poster Workshop.
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Memory Lane
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/10/memory-lane/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2021 Free access to an archive of millions of photos taken as far back as 1878. Some original black and white have been recoloured.
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The Chilling: Global trends in online violence against women journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/the-chilling-global-trends-in-online-violence-against-women-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 Based on a global survey of 901 journalists from 125 countries, this new UNESCO study found 73% identifying as women said they had experienced online violence.
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Smart phone usage USA 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/smart-phone-usage-usa-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 According to the Pew Research Center, nearly two thirds of Americans now depend on their smart phones for daily life. Download the Pew survey results for the full data.
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Mapping Early American Elections Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/mapping-early-american-elections-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 Just launched this major project funded by National Endowment for the Humanities which will provide free access to visualisations on a state level of how Americans voted for their...
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Open Observatory of Network Interference: Tor Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/open-observatory-of-network-interference-tor-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 A free software, Global Observation Network, for detecting censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation on the internet.
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The Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives Project (LONTAD)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/23/the-total-digital-access-to-the-league-of-nations-archives-project-lontad/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2019 The ultimate aim of this exciting project is to create a digital archive of the League of Nations (1920-1946), the predecessor of the United Nations.
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High Streets Recovery Tracker
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/06/high-streets-recovery-tracker/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 6, 2020 High Streets Recovery Tracker Launched by the Centre for Cities to provide economic data on the recovery from the lock-down of Britain’s largest cities and towns.
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Detroit Jewish Newspapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/07/detroit-jewish-newspapers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2020 William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History Free access to the full text of the Detroit Jewish News 1942 – 2018 and the Detroit Jewish Chronicle 1916 –...