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• Leicester postgraduate students bring the story of WW1 African soldiers to light

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-postgraduate-students-bring-the-story-of-ww1-african-soldiers-to-light

  Two postgraduate students from our University have been heavily involved with a community research and exhibition project that explores the legacy of African soldiers in the First World War.

• Joe Ortons celebrated play Loot to be explored 50 years after premiere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/joe-orton2019s-celebrated-play-loot-to-be-explored-50-years-after-premiere

  A two-day celebration of Joe Orton's Loot organised by a University of Leicester academic marks 50 years since the London premiere of his ‘comedy of horrors’.

• New data visualisation site from the Office for National Statistics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/new-data-visualisation-site-from-the-office-for-national-statistics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Now in Beta version  Visual.ONS http://visual.ons.gov.uk/ which aims to provide new visually interesting and accessible displays of official statistics.

• Jewish Britain on Film

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/20/jewish-britain-on-film/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2017 A fabulous free archival film collection launched on the BFI player  combines documentaries of Jewish life and culture with early film depictions of Jewish characters.

• Re-presenting the People

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/06/re-presenting-the-people/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 6, 2024 A practice based investigation into the hidden history of the Portsmouth Suffragists’ campaign for equal rights, explored through the lens of visual communication design.

• The Social Welfare History Image Portal

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/30/the-social-welfare-history-image-portal/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2017 This great  site provides free access to a wealth of images drawn from the collections of VCU Libraries, Union Presbyterian Seminary Library, Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives,...

• Belarusian politics archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/24/belarusian-politics-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2023 Belarusian Politics and Society Web Archive : Archive-It – Belarusian Politics and Society    The site was curated by librarians at Harvard and Stanford Universities, the...

• Accelerate Your Career placement 2019: guest post

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/19/accelerate-your-career-placement-2019-guest-post/

  archives, work experience

• Sounds for the Future

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/07/05/sounds-for-the-future/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on July 5, 2022 In July 2022, the Sounds for the Future project has been up and running for two months and this blog looks at the reasons for running the project, what we have done so far and the issues this has raised.

• Scrapbook exhibition

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/03/scrapbook-exhibition/

  Posted by csampson in Library Special Collections on October 3, 2016 The latest exhibition in the Special Collections programme is on the theme of scrapbooks.