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Congressional Reports Service website launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/congressional-reports-service-website-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 Recently launched, an official website which provides free access to non-confidential briefing papers and reports supplied to members of the US Congress.
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University celebrates 50 years of media and communication research with international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/university-celebrates-50-years-of-media-and-communication-research-with-international-conference
More than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend an international conference at the University of Leicester next summer as part of the University’s celebrations of 50 years of media and communication research.
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Jacqueline Wilson describes her prolific writing career as part of Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/jacqueline-wilson-describes-her-prolific-writing-career-as-part-of-literary-leicester
All public tickets have been allocated for this event Former Children's Laureate and Tracy Beaker creator Jacqueline Wilson will visit Leicester's De Montfort Hall this month as part of our University's annual celebration of the written word.
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Local skills shortages data tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/11/local-skills-shortages-data-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2024 The Office for National Statistics has released an interactive tool allowing the user to look at demand for specific job roles in a local area and examine whether census and...
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Global Voices Online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/global-voices-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://globalvoicesonline.org/ has many citizen journalism postings from around the world there is a special section for the Egyptian protests http://globalvoicesonline.
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Global State of Freedom of Information is ‘worrying’…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/global-state-of-freedom-of-information-is-worrying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 …according to the annual Open Data Barometer from the World Wide Web Foundation. It says that only 50% of the 92 included countries have ‘reasonably strong’ laws.
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Alternatives to Wikileaks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/alternatives-to-wikileaks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 Wikileaks is widely known as a portal where whistleblowers can securely upload classified information. Recently a number of newspapers have created their own systems.
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Citizen Cyberspace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/citizen-cyberspace/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 The rise of citizen cyberscience and its impact on professional research http://indico.cern.ch/contributionDisplay.
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Global voices advocacy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/08/global-voices-advocacy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2013 A report on the internet firewall in China. Surveys the 2013 battle between Chinese netizens and China’s Great Firewall: http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.
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Ministry of Justice website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/01/ministry-of-justice-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2012 The Ministry of Justice’s website was relaunched this week. The new design provides easier access to content, with information organised by subject.