May 29th

 

another new addition to the LSE Digital Library
Opportunity was the publication of the National Association of Women Civil Servants

(1) Instagram
https://archives.lse.ac.uk/records/6NCS an organisation which campaigned for equal pay, equal opportunity and an end to the marriage bar in the British civil service. Its pages contain fascinating articles on the need for women only organisations to campaign for women’s rights and the struggle for equal pay,
https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/Detail/opportunity.-vol-1.-1921/634242

 

On the same theme Last week, the Friends of Women’s Library @lse.library hosted a great talk on Ethel Watts,
one of the women first chartered accountants in England.
https://www.icaew.com/library/historical-resources/female-firsts/ethel-watts
Her papers are held @lse.library
https://archives.lse.ac.uk/records/7ETW
she campaigned for equal rights . Opportunity the civil service magazine vol10 1930 contains a great article on the first women to qualify as accountants . It shows how she supported and trained articled clerks to encourage women in the profession.
https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/Detail/opportunity.-vol-10.-1930
find out more
https://friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/

 

Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections: Conservation, Digitisation and Community Engagement with Contested Collections at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Sikh colonial collections. Catch up with the recording of this marvellous RLUK event

 

This was a really thought-provoking event which discussed the care and conservation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, one of the most sacred scriptures in the Sikh faith. It is regarded by Sikhs as the embodiment of the eleventh Guru and revered as a living person, as a result there are many acts of respect that must be considered. This webinar discussed the promises and challenges of working with various communities.

Other digitised Sikh heritage collections can be viewed on these Manchester online collections

These include materials relating to the interaction between the British and Sikh empires.

 

Doing Open Social Science: A Guide for Researchers by Patrick Dunleavy and Timothy Monteath

New open access book from LSE Press

A new comprehensive guide to students which covers all aspects of open social sciences including reusing data, writing data management plans, handling qualitative and quantitative data fieldwork, archives and reusing open data.

 

Borrowers’ Platform
https://unctad.org/topic/debt-and-finance/borrowers-platform
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has recently launched this platform to enable

‘developing countries’ with external debt of varying degrees to share expertise, contacts to mage debt and to make their voices heard in the global debate,

 

HungerMap 
https://hungermap.wfp.org/
created by The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP recently this website has food security data on over 50 nations
I includes ai assisted and real time data mappings of
Food insecurity —

Climate hazards — floods, droughts, and storms affecting food access

Economic shocks — inflation, currency trends, and food prices

Nutrition shortfalls and unmet dietary needs. Information on sources is provided.

 

 Launched by the Black Equity Organisation to provide support to individuals effected by the Windrush scandal it comprises  an interactive map  where people can enter their postcode  to find links to the organisations, legal aid centres and projects that might help when making an initial Windrush Scheme Status or Compensation application, challenging a compensation award at Tier 1 or Tier 2, or making a complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

 

 

 Stop Disasters online game 

https://www.stopdisastersgame.org/game/
Has been developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), to help students understand how human decision making can impact on and cause disasters. It is designed for learners 9-17 and informal learning in other sector to enable knowledge to build through game playing. The aim according to the website is for Players see first-hand how early warning systems, evacuation planning, education, and risk-informed land use can significantly reduce losses. The website now also contains teacher support resources.https://www.undrr.org/publication/documents-and-publications/teaching-resilience-stop-disasters-game-teachers-guide
This Teacher’s Pack includes additional hazard factsheets, printable posters and extended glossaries of terms.

 

Witnessing the Weavers’ Rising of 1826 
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a8486bb97fc4c109d78e2158654b817
a great digital mapping project created by The National Archives and The Open university which provides a spatial mapping of a workers protest against mechanisation in the cotton and. Woollen trade which occurred

Pennine Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire in May 1826. It has economic history context and covers the build up, events and punishments in the aftermath. Original National Archives primary source documents are referenced.

of the Great European integration history related online exhibitions hosted by the EUI archives. It contains biographies and narratives of women involved in European unification in the 20th century. It includes sections on women civil servants involved in the European Commission. There are original photographs online

 

Health information system and data governance database (WHO/Europe)https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/datasets/hisgov/
The database provides overview information on how European nations how countries collect, manage and use health data.
variables include information on.

National Strategy and Policy Foundations: Digital health
Data Governance and Legal Frameworks
 Electronic Health Records (EHR) Systems
Health Data Repositories and Utilization
Interoperability and Standards
Barriers to EHR System Implementation
information on data sources is provided on the website.