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• 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...

• 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.

• Library and Learning Services: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 4

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/page/4/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Immersive exhibition sheds new light on Calke Abbey’s ‘isolated’ family and gets people talking about loneliness and isolation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/01-calke-abbey

  The installation of the interpretation of the library as it was constructed.

• 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...

• New United States elections (and other political) web archives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/new-united-states-elections-and-other-political-web-archives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 The Library of Congress has just released a mass of themed web archive collections.

• Bloomberg: geographical distribution of revenue

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/28/bloomberg-geographical-distribution-of-revenue/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 28, 2013 Analysing a company’s revenue geographic breakdown is interesting angle to predict future strategic development. Find case studies using the function FFM on your Bloomberg terminals.

• Participedia

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/15/participedia/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2023 Participedia net   Participedia is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada  (SSHRC).

• Global policing Database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/23/global-policing-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2024 Global Policing Database Created by researchers at the University of Queensland, this free searchable resource indexes case studies of evaluations of what works in policing tactics.

• How to improve social mobility in higher education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/how-to-improve-social-mobility-in-higher-education/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 The report published this week by an advisory group of Universities UK has recommendations which include improving advice given to students and enhancing school/university collaborations.