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A data revolution for all?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/a-data-revolution-for-all/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 The UN Secretary-General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on a Data Revolution for Sustainable Development has just published a report called a World that Counts .
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International Day to End Violence Against Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/international-day-to-end-violence-against-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 Marked by the UN on 25th November. This year Orange used a social media campaign for publicity. S hocking statistics from UNWomen show why this day is necessary.
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Election turnouts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/election-turnouts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 History Workshop has posted an interesting 1955 anarchist pamphlet on its website called vote for Joe Soap. It raises the issue for voter non turnout.
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European Union Open Data Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/09/european-union-open-data-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2015 The EU Open Data Portal provides access to a range of data from EU institutions including Eurostat, the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency.
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International Civil Aviation Authority: Conflict Zone Information Repository (ICAO)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/04/international-civil-aviation-authority-conflict-zone-information-repository-icao/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2016 A tool developed to provide researchers and the public with provide up-to-date information on potential risks to civil aviation arising from armed conflict.
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Digital Wildfire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/digital-wildfire/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 This interesting ESRC-funded project is examining (Mis)information flows, propagation and responsible governance in the digital world.
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State of the Least Developed Countries report 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/state-of-the-least-developed-countries-report-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 Released in September by the Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries. It reviews the progress made in development for 48 countries.
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First Annual report from UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/first-annual-report-from-uk-anti-slavery-commissioner/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Download the full text from the UK government website The appendix provides modern slavery crime data for England and Wales.
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COP22 Climate Change conference
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/cop22-climate-change-conference/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 …was held in Marrakesh this week.
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Digital Presidential transition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/digital-presidential-transition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 With the changeover to a new president the White House has announced its plans for archiving social media and website from the Obama administration.