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Innovative use of social media in the Pakistan elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/innovative-use-of-social-media-in-the-pakistan-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 The Election commission worked with a site called Jaag Pakistan website which aimed to encourage reporting of electoral fraud and violence. This used crowd sourced technology.
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Social surveys
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/08/social-surveys/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 8, 2013 UK Data service variable and question bank. Contains a catalogue of questions asked by major British social surveys since the 1990s. Use to trace relevant surveys by topic.
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Classic Movie Posters Online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/classic-movie-posters-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 Great new digital collection from the Harry Ransom Center University of Texas at Austin . They are gradually placing online over 10,000 posters from the 1920s-1970s.
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LGBT+ public officials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/06/lgbt-public-officials/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2022 Queer politics databases from Princeton University New Queer Politics website provides data on openly self-declared LGBT+ officials worldwide.
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Colonialism and the streets of London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/01/27/colonialism-and-the-streets-of-london/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2023 Vanishing Empire A tour of city of London developed by London Arts and Humanities Partnership research student Hardeep Dhindsa as part of a placement at Bishopsgate Institute...
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Black Social Worker Oral History Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/black-social-worker-oral-history-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This project is led by staff at Coventry University’s Centre for Peace and Security.
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Exploring menopause through collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/exploring-menopause-through-collections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 E xploring menopause through collections A Wellcome webinar/online discussion about how to explore museum collections in ways that are creative.
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Canadian Gender Gap tracker launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/canadian-gender-gap-tracker-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 Informed Opinions has produced the Gender Gap Tracker in partnership with Simon Fraser University.
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Life expectancy of poor women is decreasing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/life-expectancy-of-poor-women-is-decreasing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Shocking news this week from the Marmot review update which examined health equity in England.
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Quality of Government OECD data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/quality-of-government-oecd-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 QoG OECD Data is compiled by an independent research institute within the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg.