ALISS

ALISS is a not-for-profit unincorporated professional society. It is an independent group which was formed in April 2005 by the former committee of (Aslib Social Science Information Group and Network) The aim of the group is to; Provide opportunities for networking and self-development offer a forum for communication create a network of cooperation and a forum for discussion about emerging issues in social science librarianship.

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What does ten years of Toryism mean? Latest LSE Digital Library collection

By ALISS | Published: May 16, 2012
 Political and Tariff reform posters 1892-1910  The latest collection from the LSE Digital Library – Provides free access to some amazing posters produced for the Conservative and Unionist Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Party, the Liberal Unionist Council and the Tariff Reform League from 1892-1910. They include caricatures of key figures such as Some [...]

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Social Science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: May 11, 2012
New and interesting sites this week From our blog http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/social-science-sites-of-week_11.html In the news this week Greek elections and economics. See our posting of links to political and election news coverage. http://electionsinthenews.blogspot.co.uk/ Other sources of information on Greek research include National online archive of PhD theses. http://phdtheses.ekt.gr/eadd/ This is administered by the National Documentation Centre (EKT). [...]

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Social science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: May 4, 2012
New and interesting sites of the week Local and mayoral elections. Follow the results as they come in with the live BBC analysis For more in-depth academic analysis of past elections and statistical results see the Plymouth University Local Elections Centre website. There is a new mapping section which has turnout maps for local areas. [...]

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Social science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: April 27, 2012
This week – coming soon London Mayor Elections. Follow our web postings of recommended sites.  London Elects heat map shows where the highest voter turnout levels (according to past results) are likely to be. The LSE Review of Books This week the LSE has launched its own free online academic service. It will review scholarly [...]

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French presidential elections – suggested sites

By ALISS | Published: April 20, 2012
Are you looking for information on the Forthcoming French presidential elections. Try our free resource list News services, French government guides http://electionsinthenews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/french-presidential-elections-coming.html Candidates and polls http://electionsinthenews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/french-presidential-elections-how.html Blogs, web 2.0 and other media http://electionsinthenews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/french-presidential-elections-online.html Heather Dawson LSE

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social science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: April 20, 2012
This week: Titanic commemorations In the news this week the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. see our quick links to news and commemorative resources. Titanic: 100 Years Later Virginia Newspaper Project Useful website which examines media coverage of the tragedy using historic American and British newspapers from 1912. Topics covered include: headlines, misleading coverage [...]

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Social Science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: March 30, 2012
Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project launched. Marvellous new resource created by Google in association with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory to commemorate the life and political career of this great man. See the blog. Features include photographs, letters written during imprisonment, draft manuscripts for his autobiography. Other useful sites for full text documents on [...]

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Street Life in 19th century London: Great new free collection

By ALISS | Published: March 27, 2012
The latest new free collection from LSE Digital Library is  Street Life in London Originally published in the 1870s by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith this fascinating book provides access to a series of iconic images of 19th Century london life,  labour and the urban poor. See for instance ice-cream eating on the 19th century streets!

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Social Science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: March 23, 2012
Budget week. The Guardian datablog issued a really good collection of 10 visualizations of data that you need to understand the British budget and the economy For our other suggestions on good starting points for budget information see our blog posting Internet enemies report 2012 Reporters without Borders Publishes Internet Enemies 2012 Report. This provides [...]

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