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Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists   Artificial intelligence some key report are linked to on our scoop it page on data and society https://www.scoop.it/topic/data-and-society Includes latest  Ada Lovelace institute on public attitudes and acceptance of AI Scoop it page also links this week to recent JISC reports     find out levels of child poverty in the UK in the latest annual  Local child poverty rates, After Housing Costs report compiled by End Child Poverty Coalition, together with the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. It covers constituencies and London boroughs. Methodology provided on the website   NHS launch Their first equality,  diversity and inclusion (EDI) improvement plan Also just started creating a new uk health and social care scoop it page https://www.scoop.it/topic/uk-social-care-and-health-policy   Human Rights Impact Assessment Framework , launched recen...

June 1st 2023

  AI resource center new website created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology called the Trustworthy & Responsible Artificial Intelligence Resource Center will contain US federal government guidance on all forms of artificial intelligence, it includes risk management frameworks, case studies, metrics and roadmaps on progress Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) Portal Launched   Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, provides access to an Internet web archive of  800 web-based art resources, which have been deemed at risk of disappearing from the Internet. These are organized into 8 collections (art criticism, art fairs and events, art galleries, art history and scholarship, artists websites, arts education, arts organizations, auction houses), The Library of Congress has digitized the Yongle Encyclopedia ( Yongle dadian  永樂大典 ), the largest reference work c...

May 15th 2023

  Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists       to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia and #Standup4HumanRights and promote an equal, just and inclusive  for all.   ILGA has  updated its rainbow map of Europe for 2023   ILGA-Europe have produced the Rainbow Map and Index since 2009,   It ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people. Find out more via the website           Diaspora Mapping Toolkit (IOM)   Created by IOM this toolkit sets out a practical guidance on how to map diasporas in different settings. It includes advice on why mapping should occur, how to do it and what to do with the results. It includes:    Indicators and Questions for Diaspora Mapping   Human Capital, cultural capital and economics       Conway Library Photographic collection online free a...

4th March 2023

  Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites of the week    The UK Government’s research evaluation system encourages a higher quantity and lower quality of work from academics,  according to a paper published this week  Read the. document on the  Queen Mary University of London website   see more reports on higher education on our scoop.it page   https://www.scoop.it/topic/higher-education-news-for-libraries-and-librarians       UK government is  creating a “hostile environment” towards campaigners, charities and other civil society bodies.   according to The latest  Civicus Monitor , which tracks the democratic and civic health freedom of over 190 nations worldwide.       Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946 (IMT)  i s now online via the Stanford Libraries  and the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice. website. ...