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Social media in peace mediation: a practical framework
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/social-media-in-peace-mediation-a-practical-framework/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 A new paper by UN DPPA Mediation Support Unit and Swiss Peace which explores the role of social media in armed conflict.
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Publication diversity in the social sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/13/publication-diversity-in-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2022 Measuring Publication Diversity Among the Most Productive Scholars: How Research Trajectories Differ in Communication, Psychology, and Political Science” Article published in Scientometrics.
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Child poverty in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/16/child-poverty-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2023 Find out levels of child poverty in the UK in the latest annual Local child poverty rates, After Housing Costs report compiled by the End Child Poverty Coalition, together with the...
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LGBTQ+ plus heritage on Europeana
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/lgbtq-plus-heritage-on-europeana/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 LGBTQ+ e xhibitions, biographies and images on this cultural site which draws on the collections of national libraries from European nations.
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HOWL
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/howl/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 History of Women’s Liberation has just been launched The main aim of the HOWL website is to collect the memories and stories of feminists involved in women’s liberation movement in...
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Israel and Palestine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/israel-and-palestine/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 AN updated fact sheet on the conflict in Israel and Palestine Get the statistical facts and chronological timeline from the ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event...
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Black Lesbian and Gay Centre Digital resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/17/black-lesbian-and-gay-centre-digital-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2023 Free access via the Bishopsgate Institute to newsletters and publications from this London-based support group.
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Library of Congress South Asian collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/library-of-congress-south-asian-collections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024 A digital collection covering the history and culture of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It includes manuscripts, prints, books and more.
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How one woman’s app is changing political communication
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/how-one-womans-app-is-changing-political-communication/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Pia Mancini from Argentina is developing IT tools that can empower communities to get involved in politics worldwide in this recent Guardian newspaper article.
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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.