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What is the world’s most influential think tank?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/what-is-the-worlds-most-influential-think-tank/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 Find out by checking the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the University of Pennsylvania .
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International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 IDAHOT 2016 was celebrated on May 17 th . Find out why this day was chosen and why it continues to be needed with this blog posting from the LSE.
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Humanitarian Data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/19/humanitarian-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2014 The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has launched the Humanitarian Data Exchange to offer a single access point to statistics from the...
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Stonewall Good University Guide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/stonewall-good-university-guide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 Stonewall have recently created a good universities guide . This rates what specific UK colleges are doing to support LGBT students. Leicester is on the list http://www.
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UNV Knowledge Portal on Volunteerism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/11/unv-knowledge-portal-on-volunteerism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 11, 2020 The UNV Knowledge Portal on Volunteering is a great new resource it includes a volunteering database containing country laws, policies, statistical measurement.
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Access to new journal titles
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/02/access-to-new-journal-titles/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2011 We now have access to: Fashion Theory: the journal of dress, body and culture (1997 – ) (which also includes access to Fashion Practice).
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Reading the riots
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/23/reading-the-riots/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 23, 2011 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/series/reading-the-riots and The LSE http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2011/09/riots.
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Festival of Careers
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/careers/festival-of-careers
Our annual Festival of Careers is a huge graduate recruitment event with a wide range of top employers from across many sectors visiting the Leicester campus.
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Politwoops and other Twitter-related sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/politwoops-and-other-twitter-related-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 Politwoops: (deleted tweets from politicians ) enables keyword searching for deleted tweets. It is offered in a number of countries.
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How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...