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Operational research resources for development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/operational-research-resources-for-development/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) has created a Wikipedia-type page of free resources for development workers and developing countries to read and...
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Observatory of Algorithms with Social Impact
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/23/observatory-of-algorithms-with-social-impact/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2020 A listing from the Eticas Foundation which is indexing algorithms used by search engines and organisations and classifying them by type location and impact.
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Where do women earn equal pay?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/04/where-do-women-earn-equal-pay/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2021 Cross country comparison of gender pay gap reporting in six nations. From Kings College London Global Institute for Women’s Leadership.
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Gender bias in Chinese media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/09/gender-bias-in-chinese-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2022 Who makes the news in China? Men mainly.
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Digitised Olympic games resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/digitised-olympic-games-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 IOC’s Olympic Studies Centre is finishing the process of digitising all the publications of the Organising Committees (OCOGs) of past Olympic Games hosted in France.
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Dollis Hill War Diary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/dollis-hill-war-diary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 A new BT archive; the second world war diary of W.G. Radley, Assistant Staff Engineer which reveals work with Bletchley Park and the use of eavesdropping equipment.
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The English Civil War ‘Loss Accounts’ for Warwickshire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/16/the-english-civil-war-loss-accounts-for-warwickshire/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 16, 2022 The English Civil War ‘Loss Accounts’ for Warwickshire Transcribed by a team of volunteers directed by Dr Maureen Harris in a National Lottery project, the ‘Loss Accounts’...
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Lesbians Talk series now digitised
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/10/lesbians-talk-series-now-digitised/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2023 A influential collection of 7 pamphlets from feminist non-fiction publishers Scarlet Press, which were published between 1992 and 1996, are n ow available online via the...
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Protests and Suffragettes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/04/21/protests-and-suffragettes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 21, 2023 A project led by artists, activists & archivists who are working with schools and Wikipedia to rediscover and celebrate the women of Scotland and their history.
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Bitcoin ‘offers opportunities to charities’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/bitcoin-offers-opportunities-to-charities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 According to the latest report from the Charities Aid Foundation online currencies such as Bitcoin could enable charities to cut currency transfer costs and encourage transparency.