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Welcome to the latest update of social science sites from Information specialists
October 12th
Here is the latest new and interesting sites for social scientists.
Stuart Hall Digital archive
Amazing digital archive prepared by the University of Birmingham . The digital archive contains his previously unpublished papers, notebooks, recordings and videos covering cultural studies, sociology and race.
Amazing digital archive prepared by the University of Birmingham . The digital archive contains his previously unpublished papers, notebooks, recordings and videos covering cultural studies, sociology and race.
Subsections include: Notebooks documenting Hall’s research from the 1970s to 2000. The notebooks are arranged by subject and contain notes, rough ideas, and writings that would later feed into some of Hall’s most influential works.
Index cards used in Hall’s research, dating back as far as his doctoral research in the 1950s and including reference cards, notes, diagrams, and lecture outlines on a range of topics including literature, race, media, and youth culture.
Other innovative digital features of the site include:
Walking with Hall, a mobile app which guides users to literally follow in Hall’s footsteps, mapping key locations in Birmingham..
A working bibliography of global cultural studies resources.
Encoding/Decoding Cybernetics, a research project exploring Hall’s impact on the history of communication theory and the architecture of large language models.
The Cultural Studies Database – an interactive compilation of all the items, people, and organisations mentioned in the Stuart Hall and Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies archives.
Researching institutional involvement in Transatlantic Slavery: a guide for archivists, researchers & institutional stakeholders
Prepared by members of The London’s Records of Slavery network. The toolkit includes case studies of research undertaken by the Bank of England, Church Commissioners using Lambeth Palace Library Archives, and Lloyds of London. They do not underemphasise the importance of through academic research in revealing links .The toolkit is available for download via a brief registration page here: Click to request your free copy.
Amazing Major new collection The Women’s Freedom League (WFL)
This was a suffrage organisation founded in 1907 by Charlotte Despard, Edith How Martyn, Teresa Billington Greig, and others, who split from the more militant Women’s Social and Political Union. The WFL campaigned for women’s suffrage using non-violent, militant methods such as not paying taxes (which led to the formation of the Women’s Tax Resistance League) and encouraging women to spoil or not complete their census forms in April 1911. Its journal was ‘The Vote’ (1909-1933) . The digital library provide free access to this. It also includes beautiful banners, photos, pamphlets, minutes and notes all searchable,
Lowy Institute for International Policy
The Southeast Asia Aid Map is a comprehensive database tracking official development finance flows to Southeast Asian nations from 2015- 2024. Nations covered are: The research covers Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam. It is possible to read a report of cross compare nations. Methodology provided.
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HOSPREC – the Hospital Records Database. New interface
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospital-records/
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospital-records/
Originally developed through a collaboration between the Wellcome Library and The National Archives, HOSPREC brought together information on the existence and location of records relating to UK hospitals. It covers information before 2012 so is for legacy information . Search by title to see where hospital administration records and archives are held.
Provides a single web portal for finding brings together evidence-based research on children and digital technologies, with a focus on supporting informed policy. Based in Australia primary focus is on research from that area of the world including university and government reports. Extensive coverage of AI and social media
Assembly for Peace
https://assemblyforpeace.unu.edu/
A new digital platform developed by United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) designed to increase awareness of the role history and powers of the UN General Assembly. It includes the Assembly for Peace Handbook published in 2024 and additional summaries of past practice, a library of cases and other resources.
https://assemblyforpeace.unu.edu/
A new digital platform developed by United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) designed to increase awareness of the role history and powers of the UN General Assembly. It includes the Assembly for Peace Handbook published in 2024 and additional summaries of past practice, a library of cases and other resources.
the NSF Open Knowledge Network (NSF OKN),
https://okn.us/. launched by the USA National Science foundation to enable AI powered discovery it offers more than 40 linked data infrastructure graphs. These include infrastructure, policy, biomedical. There is a sample query library
Media and Journalism research centers AI information map
The project is tracking ten widely used systems (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Claude, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Grok, Mistral and Google AI Overviews/Search) and records the sources they cite, link, recommend, caution or use to get information about particular topics
It is also looking at answers given in specific countries and the possible impact on pluralism of media outlets.Find out news, information and methods form the website
Hello,
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)
Thank you,
Einat Ben Dov.
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