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African American Student Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/african-american-student-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Database – African American Student Project University of Michigan resource covering 1853-1970 which documents and maps black students enrolled at the university.
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Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.
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INEW Explosive Weapons Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/inew-explosive-weapons-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) recently launched a new civil society initiative – the Explosive Weapons Monitor This monthly newsletter for...
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Orwell vs Kafka
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/10/orwell-vs-kafka/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2024 A suite of special programmes broadcast over eight days on BBC Radio 4 comprising a reading of 1984, six 30-minute documentaries on the authors and the relevance of their writing today...
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State of Bitcoin 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/16/state-of-bitcoin-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 16, 2015 The latest report from Coin Desk stated that in 2014 Bloomberg regarded Bitcoin as the worst performing currency.
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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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UNCTAD COVID-19 Response Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/unctad-covid-19-response-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 United Nations Conference on trade and development has launched a new portal with data on the impact of Covid-19 on manufacturing, trade and foreign direct investment. It has 25 indicators.
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What does Boris owe?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/what-does-boris-owe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 This site has been created by Remain activist Sarah Noble: Associated with Vote Leave Watch It seeks to hold Leave campaigners accountable.
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Netflix research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/netflix-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 Netflix have just launched their own official site where they will be posting white papers and articles on what they are researching. See the Netflix official blog for further details.
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Women are not represented in Local Government
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/women-are-not-represented-in-local-government/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 According to the latest report issued by the Fawcett Society The proportion of female councillors is still only 34%.