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Peacekeeping Resource Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/24/peacekeeping-resource-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2023 The official UN website on peacekeeping now has an improved design.
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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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South-South Galaxy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/south-south-galaxy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 A new website launched the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The project intends to give support to countries of the South, so they can share best practice and knowledge.
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Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.
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Do hate speech detectors discriminate against African Americans?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/23/do-hate-speech-detectors-discriminate-against-african-americans/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2019 Shocking article on arXiv.org from the at the Annual Meeting for the Association for Computational Linguistics 2019.
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Preparing for an Interview
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/blog/2015/09/30/waffle-not-the-good-kind/
How to overcome pre-interview nerves, avoid losing focus during an interview and learn about your nervous behaviours.
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End violence against women and girls
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/end-violence-against-women-and-girls/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 From 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10th December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based...
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Richard Sandell
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/author/rps6/
Richard is Professor of Museum Studies.
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Rosa Parks digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/rosa-parks-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 Just released by the Library of Congress, this great new online resource celebrating the life, civil rights achievements and legacy of Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up a seat to a...
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Offshore leaks database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/13/offshore-leaks-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 13, 2016 A new enhanced website launched this week by the International Committee of Investigative Journalists which contains all the resources from the Panama Papers tax-avoidance scandal...