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• Bloomberg: US film revenues

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/14/bloomberg-us-film-revenues/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 14, 2013 Superhero blockbusters such as “Man of Steel” boosted movie sales in the second quarter after U.S. cinema takings declined during the past two years.

• ‘One of the most remarkable men in the entire history of archaeology’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/01/one-of-the-most-remarkable-men-in-the-entire-history-of-archaeology/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on August 1, 2017 Two hundred years ago, on 1 August 1817, the adventurer-Egyptologist Giovanni Belzoni, described by Howard Carter, with good reason, as ‘one of the most remarkable men in the entire history of...

• People

  https://le.ac.uk/humanising-space/people

  Academic Leads Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of History, Politics and International Relations Dr Rossana Deplano, Associate Professor, Leicester Law School Members by School Here is a list of other academic staff at the...

• ITN Productions launches citizen journalism channel

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/13/itn-productions-launches-citizen-journalism-channel/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/user/truthloader A new initiative to encourage citizen reporters to help shape news stories called Truthloader. See the mission statement video via YouTube.

• Fake news spreads faster than true

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/16/fake-news-spreads-faster-than-true/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2018 A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cross-checked the spread of 126,000 stories on Twitter against a database of stories fact-checked by six...

• Partnerships

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/about/partnerships

  Explore some of our partnerships with external organisations, including societies and museums concerned with Victorian history, literature, science and culture.

• The Reading List

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/27/the-reading-list/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2022 A podcast in which members of the University talk to Dr Emma Parker about their favourite book. A must-hear for all who love reading for pleasure.

• Google and Facebook and tracking.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/04/27/google-and-facebook-and-tracking/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2020 A useful article with links to GPS data sources:  How Facebook and Google Track Public’s Movement in Effort to Fight COVID-19 Posted in Media and Communication | Tagged Crisis...

• Black graduates

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/12/black-graduates/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2020 A HESA report which concludes that black graduates are less satisfied with their career than white graduates can be accessed from the HESA website .

• LGBTQ Video Game Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/13/lgbtq-video-game-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2021 LGBTQ Video Game Archive: https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/ Catalogue of LGBTQ video games since the 1980s. Of relevance to creative computing.