Social science sites of the week 22nd May 2021

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

 

In the news this week - still following covid on the blog 

 

  

covid 19 tracking project data log 

The COVID Tracking Project from the Atlantic compiled US state and territorial data from jurisdictional COVID-19 dashboards. 32 categories were included. The website now has API and data logs   

July 2020 to March 2021, 

 

Covid-19 impact analyses  

U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory interactive indices, analyses, and maps that provide a detailed understanding of the socio-economic effects of the novel coronavirus outbreak. they include:  

County Economic Impact Index;  

State & Local Government Revenue Vulnerability Indices;  

County High-Level Economic Recovery & Resilience Index;  

Internet Access Index, Housing Stability Index 

 

 

Western Wisconsin covid archive 

collaborative project between the McIntyre Library and Public History Program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley Museum.  Another good example of citizen collecting with images of everyday life from rural usa and oral histories 


 

The Fake News Wave: Academic Libraries’ Battle Against Misinformation During COVID-19 

Siviwe Bangani 

Stellenbosch University Library & Information Service, South Africa 

Source 

The Journal of Academic Librarianship 

DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102390 

inspiring example from South Africa. Considers the extent of fake news and misinformation in  African context and the types of mean libraries have been employing to help combat it 

 

 

 Our World in Data COVID-19 vaccination dataset
 a global public dataset that tracks the scale and rate of the vaccine rollout across the world. Covers  total number of vaccinations administered, first and second doses administered, daily vaccination rates and population-adjusted coverage for 169 countries. The full data can be downloaded in csv format. 


 

Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day 


Why does web accessibility matter?
Version 1.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) launched on May 6, 1999. Recently AbilityNet reviewed them and what remains to be done.


The Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) Accessibility Maturity Model, created by AbilityNet and McNaught Consultancy, enables you to judge the maturity of your organisation's digital accessibility. He also recently produced a 4 part blog on how to get the maturity to evolve and develop at an organisation.


Some systems have built in tools you can use

Google Features
Microsoft


Useful websites for free training guides and webinars 

 

JISC accessibility and inclusion guide  for post secondary education 


Daisy Consortium guide to inclusive publishing

Daisy Consortium videos via youtube


AbilityNet webinars
How to promote digital accessibility great advice from University of Derby - is a good one 

 

 

Hive careers advice  for disabled student  

 Evenbreak has created this site to support  disabled candidates looking for careers advice all provided by specialist advisers with personal experience of disability . Covers qualifications , job applications and even financial advice. Designed for UK They include links to webinars and videos, training opportunities, books, worksheets and other organisations 

 

 

The U.S. Media Index database 

find out who owns what. Compiled  by the Future of Media Project 

details the 176 parent companies of daily news outlets; the index of emerging nonprofit media and donors lists 231 nonprofit news outlets and who funds them; and an index of the seven owners of daily newspapers is categorized by state.

 

 

Integrated National Financing Framework Knowledge Platform
A global knowledge platform on Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF), jointly developed by DESA/FSDO, UNDP and the European Commission. An integrated national financing framework (INFF) helps countries strengthen planning processes and overcome country level barriers to  financing sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . It aims to help  bridge the gap between national development plans and the financial resources needed to achieve them. The website includes the timeline and documents behind the INDFF, country case studies and files and a resource  library of documents guidelines and implementation tools 

 

SDG Investor Platform
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Secretary-General’s Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance launched on 14 April 2021 the ‘SDG Investor Platform,’ an innovative tool to facilitate private sector investments that contribute to furthering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). it provides case studies by country and sector of investment opportunities by country, region and sector 


 

Dylan Thomas Digital Collection 

over 6,000 items from the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin are now online. they include letters, photos and poetry manuscripts, they also include sketches from his daily life. see ivan and Dylan at 12pm  


Heather Dawson

Social science current awareness

http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/05/uk-government-covid-reports-may-2021.html

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