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July 16th
The 19th-century pamphlet that sparked a revolution, according to Prof Joanne Conaghan, in a recent podcast, Not for the want of trying from @womenslegallandmarks project. This amazing. podcast has just entered its second series . It is free fun and informative focuses on key moments. in English law relating to womens rights
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dauu1W7AmGf/
https://womenslegallandmarks.com/2017/08/07/a-brief-summary/
Barbara was an inspiring women’s rights campaigner. This small pamphlet was important in that it clearly summarised the way in which women’s rights were limited by English law. examples included: “A husband has a right to the person of his wife.
A woman’s body belongs to her husband; she is in his custody, and he can enforce his right by a writ of habeas corpus.
Her personal property becomes his.”
Barbara Bodichon made an outstanding contribution to womens rights campaigning. https://www.suffrageresources.org.uk/resource/3245/barbara-leigh-smith-bodichon
read the pamphlet online via @lse.library https://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/permalink/44LSE_INST/1thnaie/alma99144639210302021
See more on LSE archives (letters) relating to the 1866 suffrage petition) https://artsandculture.google.com/story/GwWBUJYc8daPLA?hl=en
https://womenslegallandmarks.com/2017/08/07/a-brief-summary/
Barbara was an inspiring women’s rights campaigner. This small pamphlet was important in that it clearly summarised the way in which women’s rights were limited by English law. examples included: “A husband has a right to the person of his wife.
A woman’s body belongs to her husband; she is in his custody, and he can enforce his right by a writ of habeas corpus.
Her personal property becomes his.”
Barbara Bodichon made an outstanding contribution to womens rights campaigning. https://www.suffrageresources.org.uk/resource/3245/barbara-leigh-smith-bodichon
read the pamphlet online via @lse.library https://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/permalink/44LSE_INST/1thnaie/alma99144639210302021
See more on LSE archives (letters) relating to the 1866 suffrage petition) https://artsandculture.google.com/story/GwWBUJYc8daPLA?hl=en
EU Law Tracker
Really useful new sources which helps you keep track of European Union laws as they are proposed, discussed and adopted.
Developed jointly by the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. Find a timeline of proposals and amendments with links to available texts at each stage of the process. A great source for navigating the perplexity.
Ethos restored
After the British library cyber attack the bibliographic records of UK PhD theses have been restored on a new searchable catalogue. This contains an additional 14,000 records to the older version
If the full text is available there are links out to university repositories where it may be downloaded
UNESCO Open Science Platform
https://open-science.unesco.org/
the website aims to support the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science providing a searchable database of open access materials including scientific articles, desk studies, reports and policy-oriented papers, produced or supported by UNESCO in the fields of natural and environmental sciences. It is possible to search by keyword, browse by topic or country of author affiliation.
https://open-science.unesco.org/
the website aims to support the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science providing a searchable database of open access materials including scientific articles, desk studies, reports and policy-oriented papers, produced or supported by UNESCO in the fields of natural and environmental sciences. It is possible to search by keyword, browse by topic or country of author affiliation.
Global Alliance for Human rights
https://globalalliance.un.org/
Convened by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). This new network aims to bring together academics, governments, local authorities, civil society, the private sector to promote worldwide human rights issues the website aims to provide information on events campaigns and resources. They cover practical issues and communication
https://globalalliance.un.org/
Convened by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). This new network aims to bring together academics, governments, local authorities, civil society, the private sector to promote worldwide human rights issues the website aims to provide information on events campaigns and resources. They cover practical issues and communication
The Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) is an international network of scholars involved in research on politically motivated and organized criminal violence its website is a good starting point for locating free data related to real world studies of conflict
It also has a good collection of links out to external datasets of processed data
HIV Financial Dashboard
https://hivfinancial.unaids.org/hivfinancialdashboards.html
UNAIDS, in collaboration with Avenir Health, has launched this new online tool to support countries to estimate the financial resources required to achieve the objectives set in their national AIDS plans.
The Resource Needs estimation Tool enables users to estimate the financial resources required to reach coverage targets across key HIV programmes, including HIV prevention, testing, treatment, co-morbidities, health systems strengthening, and programme management.
https://hivfinancial.unaids.org/hivfinancialdashboards.html
UNAIDS, in collaboration with Avenir Health, has launched this new online tool to support countries to estimate the financial resources required to achieve the objectives set in their national AIDS plans.
The Resource Needs estimation Tool enables users to estimate the financial resources required to reach coverage targets across key HIV programmes, including HIV prevention, testing, treatment, co-morbidities, health systems strengthening, and programme management.
The Royal Society digitized over 1,600 historic weather, magnetic, and tidal records from 1706 to 1915
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ma/meteorological-archives
They comprise searchable raw datasets. The site also includes: Observations made in Antarctica during the famous Discovery expedition, led by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton from 1901-1904, can be explored
They comprise searchable raw datasets. The site also includes: Observations made in Antarctica during the famous Discovery expedition, led by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton from 1901-1904, can be explored
Ithaka S+R LibGuide: Understanding the Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence
it provides links to primer resources
the energy and water usage, mineral extraction, and GHG emissions related to AI and data centers.
the energy and water usage, mineral extraction, and GHG emissions related to AI and data centers.
Just Transition Policy Gateway (ILO)
https://justtransitionpolicygateway.ilo.org/
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched the Just Transition Policy Gateway, covering national regional and trade union policies enabling a just transition
https://justtransitionpolicygateway.ilo.org/
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched the Just Transition Policy Gateway, covering national regional and trade union policies enabling a just transition
to a resilient low-carbon economy they include climate plans and energy transition plans and policies. Search by country or theme.
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I am I PhD student and a librarian. My interest is in accessibility services for people with disabilities in libraries.
I will be very happy to be able to read this article –
McNaught, Alistair. (2014). Accessible libraries – Pragmatic strategies. ALISS quarterly. Vol. 9 (4)
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