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UNESCO open data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/unesco-open-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 UNESCO has created a new portal with data on annual expenditure and ongoing projects since 2014. It includes donor, regional and theme based information.
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New BFI Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/23/new-bfi-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2012 http://www.bfi.org.
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The Cultural Heritage of LGBT Activism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/the-cultural-heritage-of-lgbt-activism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 A new online exhibit from Europeana. It gives a short history of Pride festivals using items such as photos and badges from Europe’s leading library and museum collections.
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LGBT+ history exhibitons, plus playlist
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/02/23/lgbt-history-exhibitons-plus-playlist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2022 Online exhibition from the Bishopsgate Institute to commemorate LGBT+ history month and a physical exhibition they are holding at the Barbican centre.
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1 million visits to UK Food Banks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/27/1-million-visits-to-uk-food-banks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2015 Trussell Trust has just released the shocking figures that in the last year more than 1 million allocations of food were made by the charity.
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Latest Brexit debate in Hansard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/latest-brexit-debate-in-hansard/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 On 7th December UK parliament debated the government’s strategy on Brexit. Read the Hansard entry and consult related documents on the UK parliament website .
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MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-9/
4. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. The first folio contains some drawings and what appears to be a talismanic verse seeking protection from harmful forces. This may have been added by the manuscript's owner.
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Music, Sound and the Moving Image
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/25/music-sound-and-the-moving-image/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2011 We now have full text access to the journal Music, Sound and the Moving Image from 2007 onwards. This title can be found on Leicester e-link.
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Michelle Spiteri-Bailey
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/msb46/
The Rise of Sustainability Reporting Posted by Michelle Spiteri-Bailey in School of Business Blog on February 12, 2014 Michelle Spiteri-Bailey, PhD Student and recent award winning essayist at the School, insists that the rise in Business Ethics and Stakeholder Theory will...
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AI and copyright infringements
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/ai-and-copyright-infringements/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 Wired AI copyright case tracker Computer magazine Wired is maintaining a visualization of all the AI cases in USA. The site offers a limited number of free articles for subscribers.