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Time and Tide: Connections and Legacies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/13/time-and-tide-connections-and-legacies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2020 A resource created to commemorate the centenary of this key magazine which is crucial for understanding the development of feminism and women’s rights in the UK.
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Happiness (and the effects of Covid-19 on it)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/happiness-and-the-effects-of-covid-19-on-it/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 The World Happiness Report is a survey of the state of global happiness that ranks over 150 countries by how happy their citizens feel themselves to be.
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Citizen journalism websites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/19/citizen-journalism-websites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 19, 2013 Guardian Witness https://witness.guardian.co.uk/ A new site for citizens to share news photos and views.
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Syria digital security monitoring project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/19/syria-digital-security-monitoring-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 19, 2013 http://syria.secdev.com/ Maintained by the SecDev Foundation, a Canadian not-for-profit organization. It aims to provide tools to encourage digital openness in Syria.
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Lad’s mags
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/lads-mags/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 The Cooperative Supermarket s have called for a number of men’s magazines to tone down or remove images of women from their covers.
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/24/economic-and-social-commission-for-asia-and-the-pacific/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2014 ESCAP digital publications Free access to its flagship publication Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific starting with the first edition published in 1948 and continuing...
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Hunger
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/hunger/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 Hunger in Britain today The conclusion of The report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquir y into Hunger in the United Kingdom was published this week.
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Urban transformations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/urban-transformations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 Get the latest news and research from this ESRC funded network coordinated by the University of Oxford. Key topics include demography, socio cultural change and governance.
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How can social media be used in emergencies?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/how-can-social-media-be-used-in-emergencies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 The Communication and Complex Emergencies Project is a collaboration between the University of Adelaide’s Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU) and the Australian...
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Can social media predict election results?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/can-social-media-predict-election-results/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election.