29th April 2022

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

 

Covid 

Ruling returning elderly to care homes was unlawful 

See more recent UK government publications on the blog 

http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ 

  

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report  Teaching and Learning EditionFind out about the trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, in this recent US report. They include the use of AI and micro credentials. Case studies are offered. 

See more links to other key items on our scoop.it page 

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



Inuit website archive 

A new resource available via Archive.it 

Aims to preserve the voices of the Inuit indigenous community in Alaska by making a web archive of their key websites 

Archive-It - Inuit Circumpolar Council - Alaska 

  

Delta Airlines  digital archive 

Recently made available via the Digital Library of Georgia. This great business and aviation history archive covers 1925 onwards. It includes annual reports including those with merged companies, timetables tracking the growth of travel. Search by keyword. 

  

Caricatures of the Franco Prussian War and the Paris Commune (1870-71)  

Free online images and an exhibition with contextual images from the University of Cambridge Library Virtual exhibition 

Digitised images   

They are mainly derived from collection of six large bound volumes of  caricatures from the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune—(mostly) French and (some) German illustrated plates entitled Collection de caricatures et de charges pour servir à l'histoire de la guerre et de la révolution de 1870-1871 they offer insight into politics. The Franco Prussian war, the Paris Siege and role of Napoleon II  

 

The Pill 

New online exhibition from Europeana containing images taking from Europe’s major national libraries 

It includes discussion of early contraception; women pioneers and the connection with feminism. There are photographs of products. 

 

Mali magic  

Google arts and culture website. This fabulous site was produced in association with UNESCO. It provides free access to thousands of high quality digitised manuscript pages from Timbuktu, religious building images and more. It includes teacher lesson plans which celebrate the  culture of the region and its intellectual and artistic history

 HM Factory Gretna,  Database  

Devil’s Porridge museum has been undertaking a massive project to put together a database of worker records from HM Factory Gretna the largest cordite munitions factory in the world during the first world war. The searchable database includes the names and some details about women workers. There are links to find my past and census materials in some cases.  

  

   

Can you reach net zero by 2050?  

See if you can save the planet from the worst effects of climate change by playing this online game   

Created by The Financial Times In partnership with Infosys. This game is based on published scientific research  by the International Energy Agency   

The objective is limit global warming to 1.5C by cutting energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050.   

The Climate Game — Can you reach net zero? (ft.com)  

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