Live crime tracker, USA
From the University of Chicago’s Center on Public Safety and Justice the Live Crime Tracker offers in-depth information on crime, violence and victimization in cities across the United States. It includes data from 50 large cities and covers daily crime updates and crime maps plus yearly statistics and crime profiles for each of the cities. Methods […]
APO Digital Inclusion collection
The APO (Analysis and Policy Observatory) Digital Inclusion Collection is currently funded by the Australian Digital Inclusion Index team within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). It provides access to reports and data examining projects to promote digital inclusion in Australian society by age, gender and ethnicity as well as mappings of […]
Racism and misogyny across public services
Public Harms: Racism and Misogyny across Public Services A report from The Fawcett Society and The Black Equity organization highlights the racism against and the invisibility of black women in policing, mental health and education systems in the UK. It makes recommendations for future action
A history of general elections
A history of General Elections online exhibition based on LSE Library archives. It has images of artefacts and blog postings on the history of parliamentary elections from 1838 onwards. It highlights the founding of the Conservative and Labour parties, women’s suffrage and electoral reforms. Contributions are written by specialist curators and there is an accompanying […]
Orwell vs Kafka
A suite of special programmes broadcast over eight days on BBC Radio 4 comprising a reading of 1984, six 30-minute documentaries on the authors and the relevance of their writing today and a 3 dramas inspired by Kafka’s life and work. Listen to the all on this BoB playlist.
Housing, London 1975-2010s
MDR Housing Struggles Archive More content is being added to at digital archive hosted on the MayDay Rooms website. The archive is divided into three collections:
Self-translations printed in Italy and France
Writing Bilingually: self-translations printed in Italy and France from 1465 to 1700. This research project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust 2023-26 and led by Dr Sara Miglietti, aims to create an annotated database of works translated into several languages including from Latin to vernacular languages. It is sub-divided into translations printed in France and in […]
Plastics
The Plastics Collection at Syracuse University Libraries. The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Syracuse University Libraries preserves and provides access to an array of primary sources including archival materials, books, periodicals, media, and over 5,000 plastic artefacts produced from the mid-19th century to the present day that document the invention and development of plastic. […]
The HERstroy Project
The HERstory Project is a student-led site containing largely early-career researchers’ work in progress. It offers articles and research pieces on women, under-represented individuals and queer history. The editorial group publish online articles, and their first physical journal issue called ‘Pioneers’, which includes content on Agnès Varda, Ada Lovelace, Lily Gladstone and Native American women […]
3D models
3D models on Europeana A new section on Europeana which contains a collection of over 30 online 3D visual models of key sculptures and other cultural artefacts from Europe’s major libraries and museums. They include the National Library of Slovenia, temples from ancient Greece and more.
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