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Government Defence Anti-corruption Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/government-defence-anti-corruption-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 New from Transparency International an international ranking of governments worldwide whose defence policy expenditure is at high risk from corruption.
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CNS North Korea Missile Test Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/cns-north-korea-missile-test-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 Keep up to date with the latest tests of all missiles launched by North Korea capable of delivering a payload of at least 500 kilograms (1102.
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European Convention Human Rights anniversary – 67 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/european-convention-human-rights-anniversary-67-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 The European Convention on human rights was signed 67 years ago,. See this happy birthday video and blog on its importance from the Rights Information blog.
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The UK Insecure Work Index 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/the-uk-insecure-work-index-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 The latest annual index from the Work Foundation shows that, in 2023, an estimated 6.8 million people (21.4%) were in severely insecure work, an increase of 500,000 from 2022.
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Dr Kathleen Lynn digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/15/dr-kathleen-lynn-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2024 This Royal College of Physicians of Ireland maintained website provides information and access to digitised materials relating to the career of Dr Kathleen Lynn , nationalist and chief...
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Gateway to Global Aging Data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/gateway-to-global-aging-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 The Gateway to Global Aging Data : a data and information platform developed by The Program on Global Aging, Health and Policy and The Center for Economic and Social Research which...
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Historical Newspaper Archives: Finance and Economics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/14/historical-newspaper-archives-finance-and-economics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2015 The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Economist 1843-2011 and the Financial Times 1888-2010.
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Open-access books on gender and sexuality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/5242/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 Big Ten Open Books project, a collaboration between the six large American university presses and libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance aims to offer...
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Library of Congress South Asian collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/library-of-congress-south-asian-collections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024 A digital collection covering the history and culture of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It includes manuscripts, prints, books and more.
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How the BBC is using WhatsApp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/how-the-bbc-is-using-whatsapp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...