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The Zuckerberg Files
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/the-zuckerberg-files/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 Not new but recently upgraded, time to revisit The Zuckerberg Files maintained by UW-Milwaukee Center for Information Policy Research .
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Cyberpolicy portal launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/cyberpolicy-portal-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) has just launched a Cyber Policy Portal that provides researchers with a single route to quickly get information and...
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How much do rich nations help the poorest?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/how-much-do-rich-nations-help-the-poorest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 The Center for Global Development has developed an index which measures the commitment of the world’s richest nations to aiding the poorest.
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Baker Institute China Oil Map
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/baker-institute-china-oil-map/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 Just released by The Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy this detailed mapping of the oil infrastructure of China pulls together in one...
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Express and Star Photo Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/express-and-star-photo-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 A new historic social history resource recently launched, recording local life from the 1880s through to the digital age, the Express & Star Photo Archive is a...
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The World Wide Web is 30 years old
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/the-world-wide-web-is-30-years-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 On March 12, 1989, British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for what would become the World Wide Web to his boss at the European Organization for...
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Beyond Consultations Too – Ensuring women’s voices are heard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/beyond-consultations-too-ensuring-womens-voices-are-heard/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 GAPS UK and a consortium of key development organisations have just launched a tool to ensure women’s voices are heard in consultations about peace and conflict reconstruction in...
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Brazilian Presidential Transition (2018) Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/brazilian-presidential-transition-2018-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 This web archive has been curated by the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, member libraries of the Latin America Libraries of the Northeast Group.
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Facebook Ads Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/facebook-ads-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 Who pays for adverts on Facebook? This free resource will have data for 7 years of all political and other advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
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Gender, race and money in politics database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/12/gender-race-and-money-in-politics-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 12, 2019 The Center for Responsive Politics has just released a new database which enables researchers to explore the interaction between gender and race in US campaign funding.