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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-4/
9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.
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Atlas of Economic Complexity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/01/atlas-of-economic-complexity-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2022 A resource from Harvard University which maps accurate real data on global trade worldwide enabling great data visualizations.
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Economic impact of Ebola
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/20/economic-impact-ebola/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2014 The economic impact of the 2014 Ebola epidemic with short and medium term estimates for West Africa from the World Bank.
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Education for all 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/education-for-all-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 The latest report for 2015 from UNESCO monitors progress towards achieving worldwide access to 6 goals.
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2017 Atlas of Sustainable development goals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/2017-atlas-of-sustainable-development-goals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 Just released by the World Bank a visual mapping of progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development goals which include: ending poverty, good health, access to education, sustainable cities.
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Reports on military equipment: US
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/01/reports-on-military-equipment-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2023 Digital collection also new from the Library of Congress , Office of Scientific Research and Development reports made to the US government during the Second World War and beyond...
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EDUCAUSE Horizon Report 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/educause-horizon-report-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 The 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report provides insight into what experts worldwide think are the ongoing and future trends for teaching and learning in HE.
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Little Data book on Gender
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/little-data-book-on-gender/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 A new handy reference tool from the World Bank for those seeking accessible statistics on gender. It covers 217 countries, tracing progress in closing gender gaps between 2000-2017.
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Coronavirus: Media coverage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/30/coronavirus-media-coverage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2020 Media Cloud is monitoring global media coverage of the pandemic and has some interesting facts and figures on its website.
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Tie a Yellow Ribbon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2019/10/10/tie-a-yellow-ribbon/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on October 10, 2019 Like many people I see the value in the current emphasis on Wellbeing at Work. Like a smaller number of cynical people, I believe the fad will pass.