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Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/creative-industries-policy-and-evidence-centre-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 A place for finding evidence on the economic value of the creative industries led by Nesta with a consortium of UK universities including LSE, Birmingham, Edinburgh and the...
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Slavery: Primary Sources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/slavery-primary-sources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation and Freedom Primary Sources from Houghton Library Houghton Library, Harvard University’s largest rare books and manuscripts...
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How has the Internet changed scholarly communication?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/how-has-the-internet-changed-scholarly-communication/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 Useful briefing from the Association of Research Libraries journal which gives a basic overview changes of trends in academic publishing since 1990s, covering journals online books...
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Violence against women- is it getting worse?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/violence-against-women-is-it-getting-worse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 The latest Femicide Census report, compiled by Women’s Aid, reveals that 113 women were killed by men in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2016.
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US Census bureau historical voting publications
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/02/us-census-bureau-historical-voting-publications/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2012 http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/historical/index.html Statistical data on US national and presidential elections.
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Mass media and propaganda in 20th century Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/16/mass-media-and-propaganda-in-20th-century-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 16, 2022 Latest new exhibition from Europeana It forms part of the the project Europeana Subtitled , which aims to increase the use of audio-visual media heritage by both...
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Eurostat regional yearbook 2018 released
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/eurostat-regional-yearbook-2018-released/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 Get free access to sub-national level data on Europe’s regions.
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Kae Tempest
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/30/kae-tempest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2023 Documentary about trans rapper, playwright, novelist and poet Kae Tempest. Follows them on their rap tour but also as they transition. Only available to watch in the UK.
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Globally women earn 24% less than men
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/01/globally-women-earn-24-less-than-men/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 1, 2015 Regional gender pay gaps vary from an average 33% in South Asia to 14% in the Middle East and North Africa.
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CEOs and the average annual wage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/ceos-and-the-average-annual-wage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 CEOs have already earnt more than the annual wage for a full time worker Released this week research by the High Pay Centre, research suggests the median FTSE 100 CEO’s...