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• Visualising Information for Advocacy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/visualising-information-for-advocacy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 https://visualisingadvocacy.

• Kickass women of History podcast

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/kickass-women-of-history-podcast/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 A podcast which aims to share stories of inspiring women in the past.

• 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: 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.

• Worcestershire Archives Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/09/16/worcestershire-archives-collections/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on September 16, 2021 As a regional hub for the UOSH project the team at the University of Leicester has worked with collections from institutions across the Midlands.

• A New History of Bronze: crafting, leadership and violence

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/a-new-history-of-bronze

  Research project page for A New History of Bronze: crafting, leadership and violence. Detailing the project hosts, methodology, the research team, and example publications.

• 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.

• The Dryad Collection Paper work

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/04/13/the-dryad-collection-the-craft-of-paper-work/

  Examples of books from the University of Leicester Dryad Collection concerning Paper work crafts. Images of paper plaiting, paper sculpture and paper costumes.

• Study sheds light on the genetics of stopping smoking

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/study-genetics-stopping-smoking

  The effectiveness of a common drug to quit smoking could be down to people’s genes, according to a study from the University of Leicester.