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Women’s History Advent Calendar
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/29/womens-history-advent-calendar/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2024 Starting on 1st December, a window to open every day till Christmas https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=nt1kee5497mdo9efkzij7kqyil69xnum to learn about women’s history.
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Hub for African Thought
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/07/18/hub-for-african-thought/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2024 Created at the London School of Economics, the hub aims to showcase African academic authors, offering profiles, reading lists and reviews.
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Womens history month map
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/26/womens-history-month-map/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 26, 2024 There are new entries on the Women’s history month map for Bolivia, India and USA. https://padlet.
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Picturing Lincoln
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/08/16/picturing-lincoln/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2024 The Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has digitised more than 1,000 images of the American president. They cover his home life, his time in office and his assassination.
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Left Behind
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/left-behind/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 From the USA’s National Deaf Life Museum this website explores the often-forgotten Deaf experience during the AIDS crisis. Includes images, oral histories and accounts.
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LGBTi Inclusion Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/lgbti-inclusion-index-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 The LGBTI Inclusion Index 2024 report Created by UNDP to serve as a global benchmark and guide for countries to assess their progress towards achieving full inclusion of lesbian, gay,...
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Obituary
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/queen-elizabeth-ii/obituary
It is with great sadness we reflect on Her Majesty The Queen’s connection to the University
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Who owned the Wicked Bible?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/23/who-owned-the-wicked-bible/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 23, 2015 It’s been reported in the news this week that a copy of the so called “Wicked Bible” is to be auctioned at Bonhams in November.
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Margaret Maclean: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/mm219/page/3/
Library Assistant, Rare Books and Archives in the University Library
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Don’t panic, Mary Berry’s Bakewell tart recipe is safe!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/05/19/dont-panic-mary-berrys-bakewell-tart-recipe-is-safe/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 19, 2016 University of Leicester Homepage, 13 June 1997 (source: Wayback Machine) It is almost impossible to conduct academic research today without at some stage needing to access information on the internet.