Social sciences of the week 4th March 2021

Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites

 

In the news this week: the budget

 

reaction

 

 Joseph Rowntree foundation

TUC

CBI

Institute of Directors

British retail consortium

British Chambers of Commerce

Federation of Small Businesses 

RHA Road Hauliers

Uk Hospitality

 

the blog has submissions made before the budget and other academic reaction.

http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/

 

Is your university world class?

There are 51 subject rankings for 2021 .Remember to consult the methodology on how they are compiled

other well known rankings are the Times Higher 

 

Gender Diversity in the British Museum

This small online exhibition considers the life of the Chevalier d'Eon (1728–1810) who lived openly as both a man and a woman in 18th century France and England. It includes a number of contemporary prints

 

Who can get your  book?

A new digital tool from Fight for the future which is an American based activist  body which seeks to expose inequality of access to book materials especially online

this includes accessibility, cost and licensing issues. Users to the site can take a quiz and explore the isues at stake

 

We Are Here: Sharing Stories

An initiative to digitize and describe hundreds of thousands of Indigenous-related collection items in Library and Archives Canada's (LAC) holdings

it now has a Google map of collections that have been discovered across Canada

 

 

Kanaan  Gaza’s first digital archive of historical buildings and heritage sites
launched a multi-dimensional platform called Kanaan established in 2019 by al-Sallaq, 27

Which  offers a virtual tour of Gaza’s centuries-old cultural history.

Named after the Canaanites who first settled Gaza thousands of years ago, Kanaan has so far listed  311 historical buildings and 76 archaeological sites on the Strip. includes English and Arabic text,  the website and Instagram



Gravity Assist
A new report from the 

The Office for Students’  considering usage of online technology for teaching and learning during the pandemic and its future . The website has the full text of the report plus a video of its launch

see more HE. reports on a range of topics our scoop.it page

https://www.scoop.it/topic/higher-education-news-for-libraries-and-librarians

 

 

Memory Lane

Free access to an archive of millions of photos taken as far back as 1878. Some original black and white have been recoloured

it is maintained by the owners of newspapers the Mirror and Express it can be searched by time, date location 

photos can also be shared. Free registration required.  check copyright for reuse 

 

Addressing health

Fascinating 3 year project which is examining the  occupational Health in the Victorian and Edwardian Post Office.  Funded by a Wellcome Collaborative Award in Humanities and Social Science. It  is a collaboration between King’s College London, Kingston University, University of Derby and University College London, in partnership with The Postal Museum. A key focus are the health, sickness and  death of employees by age and geographic location. They are currently transcribing records relating to staff illness, pensions and death certificates. Presentations, blog posts and publication outputs will be posted on the website 

 


#ColorOurCollections
For womens history month,  Europeana has released a great new collouring book about women in history with  images from Europe’s greatest library and heritage collections 


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