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Detroit Jewish Newspapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/07/detroit-jewish-newspapers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2020 William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History Free access to the full text of the Detroit Jewish News 1942 – 2018 and the Detroit Jewish Chronicle 1916 –...
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Literature reviews in Developmental Economics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/literature-reviews-in-developmental-economics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 VoxDevLits New quick literature reviews from VOXDEv that aim to summarise the evidence base on narrowly defined topics related to development economics.
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South Asian Gender and Sexuality Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/south-asian-gender-and-sexuality-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 New web archive from the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation and available from the archive.it website.
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Pandemic Through the Lens of Google Searches
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/18/pandemic-through-the-lens-of-google-searches/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2020 Evolution of the Pandemic Through the Lens of Google Searches New data from the World Bank .
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Library of Congress digitises more early Presidential Papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/library-of-congress-digitises-more-early-presidential-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 Recently added are: Papers of President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) Papers of President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) Papers of President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) Papers...
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Digital Verification Corps
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/19/digital-verification-corps/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 19, 2021 The Digital Verification Corps is a network of volunteers from 6 universities worldwide trained to verify social media videos and photos of potential human rights violations.
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Which jobs are at risk from AI automation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/which-jobs-are-at-risk-from-ai-automation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 A report from Nesta, Mapping Career Causeways: Supporting workers at risk , looks at jobs at risk from AI and how workers can transition to similar posts which are less precarious.
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Gravity Assist
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/10/gravity-assist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2021 A new report from the The Office for Students’ considering usage of online technology for teaching and learning during the pandemic and its future .
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The female Form through time
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/15/the-female-form-through-time/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2021 The female Form through time: Google Arts and Culture exhibition Online resource curated by the Discovery Museum which shows how fashion, clothing and culture have dictated...
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Chinese Comic Book covers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/10/chinese-comic-book-covers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2021 Chinese comic book covers Curated by Chinese Studies Librarian Zhaohui Xue, this online exhibition from Stanford University of the covers of various comic books held in the...