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Gay Pride
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/30/gay-pride/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 30, 2017 Celebrate gay pride – with the Gay t-shirt archive! Wearing gay history digitized t-shirt collections of numerous lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender archives across the...
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Development data library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/development-data-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 USAID Library relaunched with enhanced data. This website provides information on projects supported from its funding.
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Social media, smartphone and internet usage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/03/social-media-smartphone-and-internet-usage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2018 Social media, smartphone and Internet usage is rising in ‘developing countries’ while developed countries’ usage plateaus a ccording to the latest report from the P ew research group.
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Arab human rights and democracy: useful resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/arab-human-rights-and-democracy-useful-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 The Arab Human Development reports http://www.arab-hdr.
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International Women’s Day: some free statistics which show why it is necessary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/international-womens-day-some-free-statistics-which-show-why-it-is-necessary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Here are some free statistics which show why the fight for gender equality is necessary: The Office for National Statistics records the current gender pay gap as 17.3% in 2019.
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Prague Spring – 50 years on
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/prague-spring-50-years-on/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union.
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International Youth Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/international-youth-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 12th August was designated International Youth Day by the UN General Assembly in 1999. To commemorate it here are several resources.
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Mental Health UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/mental-health-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 10 th October was World Mental Health Day and the first Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit has been held. Its website has reports and decisions.
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What is the value of fashion?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/what-is-the-value-of-fashion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Vogue has a history of the origins of London Fashion Week What is the value of fashion ? In 2018 British Fashion Council released some data about London Fashion Week including that there...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/100/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester