Kenya digital archives: Google has been partnering with the Kenyan National Archives to provide free access to a great new online digital library . This currently has 8 online exhibitions with over 1,000 items in total. Topics are heroes of the nation (including independence) traditional carvings, calabash currently available are images and photographs only. Other […]
Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog
Who trusts advertising ?
Free to download from the Nielsen site a report on global trust in advertising. It considers whether people trust traditional media more than the internet online and mobile. Does it matter where they live or their age.
Digital Exclusion
Digital Exclusion Heatmap Get data on the extent and nature of digital exclusion in the today using this handy map from charity Go On. It uses data and analysis from Local Government Association and The London School of Economics and Political Science to measure basic digital literacy skills in the UK. Look up a local […]
Do you earn enough money to live in London?
Try out this calculator from the Trust for London which calculates levels of basic income for different types of households. According to research from Loughborough University one third of Londoners currently fall below this level. The website enables you to download the full report to investigate this further. London’s Poverty Profile 2015 has also just […]
World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics
World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics. Launched by the UN this week. Data on population, health, education, work, power, violence, poverty. Visually very pleasing with well-displayed infographics that can easily be downloaded in zip data files or in chapters. The site also has archived reports from 1990 onwards which can be downloaded from the website. […]
The value of Libraries
Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming?CMP=share_btn_fb
Register to vote
Register to vote in UK national, local and EU elections. More information at http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register-to-vote and http://www.ucu.org.uk/yourvoteisyourvoice
How has the Internet changed scholarly communication?
Useful briefing from the Association of Research Libraries journal which gives a basic overview changes of trends in academic publishing since 1990s, covering journals online books and the implications for libraries. Mainly from a American perspective but examples and references are of value to all seeking a recent history of the impact of the Internet.
Internet access around the world. Who’s connected?
The ITU provides free access to some data on Internet access worldwide. It gives the figures. ‘4 billion people from developing countries remain offline, representing 2/3 of the population residing in developing countries.’
How has social media usage changed 2005-15?
Find out by checking the results from the latest Pew Internet research report which covers the USA. It provides interesting facts on differences in usage by age , gender and socioeconomic group. 65% of those surveyed used social media.
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