11th february 2022


Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites  

 

still updating covid links 

http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ 

 

Library of Congress Coronovirus web archive 

a great new resource from the USA. The library has been archiving  over 400 websites taking snapshots from March 2020 to present day to capture thoughts and experiences  of American citizens, communities, federal and state organisations, and trade bodies on life, policy and events. All have been selected by curators . Some are not available via the website . Materials are searchable. 

The UK webarchive coronovirus collection 

has similar content from the UK  

Government uses high inflation as cover for hitting students, graduates and universities - Institute For Fiscal Studies - IFS 

according to the latest report  

"The government is quietly tightening the financial screws on students, graduates and universities. Students will see substantial cuts to the value of their maintenance loans, as parental earnings thresholds will stay frozen in cash terms and the uplift in the level of loans will fall far short of inflation. This continues a long-run decline in the value of maintenance entitlements: get the full facts by downloading the report. See other examples of reports on higher education topics on our scoop.it page.  

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


National Library of Scotland Map collections online expansions  

in January the NLS released online 2,332 detailed maps at scales of 1:1,250 to 1:25,000 which were published in 1971, and are now just out of copyright. They also extended coverage of detailed Ordnance Survey town plans. An additional 40 towns in northern England (1840s–1850s) are now georeferenced. including Leeds 

 

“No you’re not” – a portrait of autistic women- Wellcome Collection
New series of portraits and interviews by photographer Rosie Barnes which spotlights the voices and experiences of autistic women today 

 

Nuclear Freeze archive 

Cornell University Library has launched an online selection of recorded and written speeches, testimonies, and correspondence by [Randall] Forsberg, who was a leader of the international Nuclear Freeze movement and the founder and director of the Boston-based Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS). These  are of value for researching nuclear disarmament and arms control issues in the 1970s early 1980s 

 

The Dickens Code | University of Leicester 

Fascinating project led by  Dr Claire Wood (University of Leicester)Professor Hugo Bowles (University of Foggia) which is seeking to decode  shorthand manuscripts written by Charles Dickens, see some presentations on the website.  See more examples in this fun Guardian website 


Lgbt plus history 

Great fun online exhibition from the Bishopsgate Institute to commemorate LGBT history month and a physical exhibition they are holding at the Barbican centre. Explore an audio play list of  clips from hit LGBT records from the 1980s - is your favourite there? 

Out and About! | Barbican

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