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The UK’s humanitarian aid cuts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/the-uks-humanitarian-aid-cuts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 There have been proposed cuts to the UK aid budget. For some background and reactions to the proposed cuts see these useful resources: The 0.
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/13/lesbian-herstory-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2021 Lesbian Herstory Archives: https://lesbianherstoryarchives.org/ “The Lesbian Herstory Archives exists to gather, preserve and provide access to records of Lesbian lives and activities.
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Social Media and the Vatican
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/social-media-and-the-vatican/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 Social Media and the Vatican The canonisation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on 27 April was a social media event. A special website was created .
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Social media and universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/07/social-media-and-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 7, 2014 Social Media: When Should the University Intervene? An interesting article from Australia currently available free of charge from the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.
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‘Average income back to pre-recession levels’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/average-income-back-to-pre-recession-levels/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 According to the latest research from IFS.
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Media in the Age of Cybersurveillance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/media-in-the-age-of-cybersurveillance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 What is the nature, extent and impact of Internet surveillance on journalism? This question is considered in a new report Watching the watchdogs just released by CIMA (Center for...
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British-Soviet Relations in the Cold War 1943-53: New declassified documents online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/british-soviet-relations-in-the-cold-war-1943-53-new-declassified-documents-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 The documentary evidence project , which has involved academic input from LSE Ideas and Russian Academy of Sciences, among others, has been examining materials from the Foreign...
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Too poor to afford school holidays?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/too-poor-to-afford-school-holidays/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 This week the Trussell Trust published research that during school holidays more children receive and rely on food bank emergency supplies.
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METOO digital Project Schlesinger Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/11/metoo-digital-project-schlesinger-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 11, 2020 Major archival project from the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America which is based at Harvard University.
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Employers who underpay workers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/employers-who-underpay-workers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 The UK government has released a list of 350 employers who failed to the minimum wage . The page also has facts on the key industrial sectors concerned.