Sites of the week 6th January 2021

 Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists

this week

 

Covid

January Lockdown announcement and reactions

https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/01/lockdown-january-2020.html

 

Tier 4 reactions

https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2020/12/tier-4-reaction.html

 

Brexit agreement and reaction

https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2020/12/brexit-agreement.html

 

High Pay

on 6th January the High Pay Centre declared 

 that the median FTSE 100 CEO's earnings for 2021 surpassed the median annual wage for a full-time worker in the UK

Pay for top CEOs in 2020 (full data for the impact of the pandemic not yet available) is about 120 times that of the typical UK worker. Estimates suggest it was around 50 times at the turn of the millennium or 20 times in the early 1980s.

 

Fabulous digital images of 58 banners made  between1908-1920 by suffrage organisations for campaigns and processions . They include Mary Lowndes designs.

There are also digital Images of Mary Lowndes banners available via this Google Arts and Culture exhibition

 

The Mapping Museums project

from Birkbeck College provides detail on museums 1960-2017.  This includes openings, closures and location. There is also information on subject coverage. In addition the site includes interviews and podcasts with sector leaders. Although the project has added, there are some plans to add additional data to the site

 

Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade. 

Matrix: The Center for Digital Humanities & Social Sciences at Michigan State University (MSU), in partnership with the MSU Department of History, University of Maryland provide a wealth of information on —individuals and the slave trade. These include slaves, slave owners and traders . It aims to have some biographies as well as datasets accounts of events and more.

 

African American Members of the U.S.Congress: 1870-2020
the latest Congressional research service report now has updated data. it incudes total numbers, data on each congress and party affiliations. There are also essays giving overviews of trends in representations and biographies of all members 



Library of Congress digitises more Early Presidential papers

 

Recently added are 

 

Papers of President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)

Papers of President William Howard Taft (1857-1930)

Papers of President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).

Papers of President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)

All collections include letters, diaries, manuscripts 

Links to the individual collections (including all those already digitised)

can be viewed here 

 

 

Library Instruction Support

Great new network and resource created by renowned specialist Andrew Walsh

it aims to offer a one stop support centre for al those who teach in library related settings. There are going to be events pages for teachmeets, discussion pages , tips and spaces for resource recommendations. Basic service is offered free for registered users. A premium product has also been launched which will offer additional resources created by Andrew

 

 

look out everyday for more positive and inspiring thoughts

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