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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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New interactive guide to humanitarian financing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/new-interactive-guide-to-humanitarian-financing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/data-guides/humanitarian-aid-network Based on the Global Humanitarian Assistance reports http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.
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Google public alerts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.
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International Women’s Day: 8th March
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-8th-march/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 This year’s UN International Women’s Day focuses on ending violence against women. The song One Woman is released today to help laucnh the campaign. Hear it here: http://song.unwomen.
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Bloomberg: UK, credit ratings and CDS
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/03/bloomberg-uk-credit-ratings-and-cds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2013 Visualizing the U.K.’s CDS Following Fitch Downgrade The U.K.’s AAA credit rating was reduced by Fitch on April 19.
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Bloomberg: Macroeconomic data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/22/bloomberg-macroeconomic-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2013 The U.K. economy grew 0.3 percent in the first quarter, avoiding a triple dip recession. Bloomberg functions show much of the recovery comes from the services industry.
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Bloomberg: Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance/Corporate Social Reponsibility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/17/bloomberg-environmental-social-and-corporate-governancecorporate-social-reponsibility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2013 ESG (or CSR) has been topical over the last five years.
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Bloomberg: carbon offsets and environmental issues
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/24/bloomberg-carbon-offsets-and-environmental-issues/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2013 Carbon markets remain under pressure with the collapse of United Nations climate change talks last week.
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Map Kibera
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/map-kibera/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Another interesting example of citizens and aid agencies using social media for community empowerment/development. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is a city suburb.
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Meta-Activism Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.