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Chinese Comic Book covers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/10/chinese-comic-book-covers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2021 Chinese comic book covers Curated by Chinese Studies Librarian Zhaohui Xue, this online exhibition from Stanford University of the covers of various comic books held in the...
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Global State of Freedom of Information is ‘worrying’…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/global-state-of-freedom-of-information-is-worrying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 …according to the annual Open Data Barometer from the World Wide Web Foundation. It says that only 50% of the 92 included countries have ‘reasonably strong’ laws.
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Who’s downloading pirated papers?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/whos-downloading-pirated-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Fascinating article from Science magazine which concludes that students and researchers from around the world are. It focuses upon downloads from SCI-HUB.
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Historic election data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/historic-election-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 For historic elections data see the Elections centre University of Plymouth It provides free access to detailed handbooks of trends and results from 1991-2011 Historic election...
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LGBTI inclusion index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/lgbti-inclusion-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 United Nations Development Programme has just devised the first indicators on how to measure LGBTI inclusion.
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Posters from the Irish Civil Rights movement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/27/posters-from-the-irish-civil-rights-movement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 27, 2020 A new online exhibition from the Working Class Movement Library It includes images from 1969 posters made in Belfast and by London Poster Workshop.
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The Chilling: Global trends in online violence against women journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/the-chilling-global-trends-in-online-violence-against-women-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 Based on a global survey of 901 journalists from 125 countries, this new UNESCO study found 73% identifying as women said they had experienced online violence.
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The U.S. Media Index database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/the-u-s-media-index-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 F ind out who owns what . Compiled by the Future of Media Project the index details the 176 parent companies of daily news outlets.
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WTO Research Database on Trade and Gender
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/16/wto-research-database-on-trade-and-gender/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2022 New WTO Research Database on Trade and Gender, contains information on over 100 research papers produced by WTO members and published by WTO publications or academic journals.
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EDUCAUSE Horizon Report 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/educause-horizon-report-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 The 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report provides insight into what experts worldwide think are the ongoing and future trends for teaching and learning in HE.