In the News this week
Local elections in the United Kingdom
Your Vote matters provides more detailed official information
from the Electoral Commission
Their official website has research
reports on election registration and past results. It also has a handbook for journalists
with basic facts about the elections
the House
of Commons Library blog also has some good basic background to the elections
Democratic Audit has
created a dashboard with information for votes.
Their main website also has some academic discussion of the issues
News coverage
Analysis
Fawcett
society lack of female candidates
Historic election data
for historic elections data see the Elections centre University of
Plymouth
it provides free access to detailed handbooks of trends
and results from 1991-2011
Historic election posters 1907.
Take a look at some great examples of digital posters from LSE digital library of these colourful 1907
London County council elections.
Which countries are the angriest?
Find out in the fascinating
world Emotions report from Gallup. Based on 151,000 interviews with adults in 181 countries.it measures both positive and negative emotions so also ha measures of happiness, worry and stress. Methodology used is provided on the website.
World Press Freedom day 3rd May
the UNESCO
official website 2019 focuses on the role of the media in the fight against misinformation
These include a book on
press freedom and the safety of journalists and other resolutions, papers and resources.
these include World Trends in Freedom of Expression series
The United Nations website has links to related resolutions,
reports and committee websites
Why is this day important?
Find out which country has the most free press according to the annual barometer complied by RSF . The
methodology used is displayed on the website
An Alternative freedom of the Press ranking is compiled annually by Freedom House .
Other well known indexes are:
The African Media Barometer was developed by
fesmedia Africa, the Media Project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in Africa, and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) in
2004.
Every two to three years a panel of 10 to 12 local experts, consisting of at least five media practitioners and media expert and five representatives from civil society, meet to assess the media situation in their own country.
A report is then compiled by expert panellists based on 39 criteria,
Afrobarometer has a
new report on media freedom from opinion polls conducted in African nations
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom has a resource section on its website with
useful research reports and papers on trends in media pluralism and threats to media freedom in the region
LGBTI inclusion index
UNDP has just devised the first indicators on how to
measure LGBTI inclusion. This is part of the process of measuring the delivery of 2030 development objectives. It provides
provides a set of 51 indicators in the areas of health, education, civil and political participation, economic empowerment, security and
violence. For more recent publications on
development studies see our Scoop.it page
Race and Higher education
Several useful new reports this week on our
Scoop.it page
Black,
Asian and Minority Ethnic student attainment at UK universities: #closingthegap Universities UK
A report setting out five steps universities can take to help close the attainment gap which exists between students of different ethnicities at
UK universities
Mindsets,
Paths and Identities: the Experiences of Senior Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Leaders in Higher Education - AdvanceHE shares the life experiences and measures taken by senior BAME staff in order to succeed.
The
recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka have left the world in shock
How common is terrorism in Sri Lanka?
Maintained by The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) enables you to trace and compare past
incidents by country, type of attack and perpetuator. It covers 1970-2017
SATP South Asian Terrorism Portal has assessments
and reports covering the years since 2000. The front page has news of the current events.
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program
provides summaries and data on armed conflict in Sri Lanka since the mid 1980s
What is the state of government in Sri Lanka?
Leading think tanks which regularly comment include.
Chatham House
Council on Foreign Policy
Brookings
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Where to find more free abstracts of journal articles
ETH Zurich - links to online papers and reports
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Free access to this subject index to English language journal articles and news since 1987
General News on the Internet web Archive
This new collection has been launched
by the Library of Congress. Since June 2014 they have regularly been web archiving online only general news sites mainly from USA. These are now available and searchable in one place. There are currently 54 items. Of these 17 can be viewed openly on the
Internet the rest onsite in the library. However this can still be helpful as they. They include the Huffington Post
Also from the Library of Congress
A new digital collection
Rare Persian Manuscript collection
There are 155 items online many
with beautiful examples of calligraphy . They date from 1200 onwards and include examples of Islamic ethics and Quaran. Each entry has information on date, authorship and content.
Finally if you are still mourning the loss of Easter chocolate!
Then explore this gallery of vintage
chocolate advertising from Europeana. It comprises materials taken from Europe’s leading national libraries and cultural institutions. With some great examples from the 19th and 20th centuries.See this tin box especially chosen
for those who love cats
Best wishes
Heather Dawson