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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.
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Trump Archive launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/trump-archive-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 Ahead of the inauguration the Internet Archive has launched its own special Trump collection .
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New frontier database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/24/new-frontier-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2011 Columbia Journalism review has launched a new database which aims to index and provide information about digital news outlets in the USA.
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Reporters Without Frontiers – Arab Revolt
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/19/arab-revolt-reporters-without-frontiers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 19, 2011 http://en.rsf.org/the-arab-revolt.html Reporters without Frontiers has created a special section on their website to cover the recent Arab uprisings.
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Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/mexico-turns-to-social-media-for-information-and-survival/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.
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UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/09/unesco-world-atlas-of-gender-equality-in-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2012 With over 120 maps, charts and tables, the UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education enables readers to visualize the educational pathways of girls and boys in terms of access,...
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Map Kibera
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/map-kibera/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Another interesting example of citizens and aid agencies using social media for community empowerment/development. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is a city suburb.
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Meta-Activism Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.
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ecampaigning forum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/23/ecampaigning-forum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2011 http://www.ecampaigningforum.com/ An annual event where practitioners share advice and expertise on how to use social media in campaigning. The 2011 website http://ecflive.fairsay.
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Thesis whisperer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/thesis-whisperer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses.