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Children and Social Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/children-and-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 How much time do British children spend using social media each day? Results from Ofcom which is based on 3-day digital diaries of 186 primary school children and 173 secondary.
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Are the social sciences significant?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/are-the-social-sciences-significant/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 The recent report from the Campaign for Social Science- The Business of people considers the value of social science to policy makers, its present funding and future ways in which it can...
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State of the World 2014/15: Amnesty International
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/state-of-the-world-201415-amnesty-international/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Amnesty International’s annual review of human rights includes overview essays and country surveys covering freedom, rights, discrimination and abuses.
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UK elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/uk-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 ‘Only 16% of 18-24 year olds certain to vote’ One of the findings from the latest annual audit of UK political engagement published by the Hansard Society.
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United States Treaty Series 1776-1949
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/united-states-treaty-series-1776-1949/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 Free access to the United States Treaty Series , compiled by Charles I. Bevans, via the Law Library of Congress website.
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Trump’s inauguration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 On inauguration day The Guardian news is experimenting with a number of live news features. See the first filmed inauguration in 1901 via the Library of Congress website.
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World Wide Income Inequality Database – updated
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/world-wide-income-inequality-database-updated/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 Latest release 2017 WIID3.
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February is LGBT History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/february-if-lgbt-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 To celebrate the arrival LGBT History Month view this collection on which features primary source documents and teaching materials relating to the impact of the 1969 Stonewall...
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MediArXiv launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/mediarxiv-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 A new scholar-led digital archive for media, film and communication studies—has just been launched by Jeff Pooley , Associate Professor of Media & Communication,...
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Press freedom is declining
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/press-freedom-is-declining/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 According to the latest annual report from Reporteurs Sans Frontières which ranks 180 nations worldwide only 24% are rated as having a good level of press freedom, a decline from...