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• New website on Disaster Displacement

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/new-website-on-disaster-displacement/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 This aims to create a single platform or place where information can be found about people displaced by natural crises, disasters and climate change.

• Historic US government publications now online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/historic-us-government-publications-now-online/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 It is now possible to search issues of the US Congressional Record (which comprises the debates and proceedings of the United States Congress and the history of Bills and other...

• Prisons Memory Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/prisons-memory-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The Prisons Memory Archive (PMA) is a collection of 175 filmed oral history recordings from individuals who had a connection with Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison during...

• Sustainable Development Goals game

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/sustainable-development-goals-game/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The United Nations have created a special board game (based on Snakes and Ladders) to teach children about 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

• Drag up Chinese film 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/drag-up-chinese-film/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 A project led by University of Nottingham and Queer China explores non-western drag culture, looking specifically at its role in the Chinese community.

• Exploring menopause through collections 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/exploring-menopause-through-collections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 E xploring menopause through collections   A Wellcome webinar/online discussion about how to explore museum collections in ways that are creative.

• Gertude Bell Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/gertude-bell-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023  Based at Newcastle archive, the Gertrude Bell archive contains over 10,000 items including correspondence, diaries, photographs (albums and negatives as well as loose prints),...

• Looking for Queer Possibility

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/lookig-for-queer-possibility/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 Looking for Queer Possibility Zine Designed by Margaret Middleton for archive staff and queer archive visitors this zine was launched at the event Looking for Queer Possibility in the...

• Think Tanks

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/think-tanks/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 An annual snapshot of the state of the think tank  sector worldwide, drawing on data from the Open Think Tank Directory and a sector survey.

• Richard Cobden

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/06/richard-cobden/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2023 Richard Cobden lette rs Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was a leading Victorian political stateman well known for his involvement in free trade debates and the anti-corn league.