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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 2d

we want @lse.library to be for everyone. Find out how we welcomed the @lsegender.bsky.social students with our womens history archives
www.instagram.com/p/DPdYxQ7jW2x/

@scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social
@womenslibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

image of tin change the world find out what gender students learnt at ls elibrary welcome.

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Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social · 4d

"Knowledge should not be locked behind paywalls. We owe it to our students, and to learners everywhere, to open the doors" 👏👏👏 Great article by @lsepress.bsky.social MD @niamhtumelty.bsky.social & @heroicendeavour.bsky.social on why OERs should be central to the public mission of universities.

LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 5d

In this new article from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Managing Director of LSE Press, and @heroicendeavour.bsky.social discuss open educational resources in the context of higher education.

Read the full post:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation

Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities - Impact of Social Sciences

Why open educational resources should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome to #BlackhistoryMonth from @lselibrary.bsky.social
padlet page
padlet.com/h_dawson/lse...
where I am highlighting useful LSE databases.
including
Sources journal articles
global south , historic docs
@lsepbs.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

LSE Library Black History Month 2025

Relying on the wisdom of Black scholars everyday but spotlighting resources in this month

padlet.com

Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 8d

Find out more blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
Read the newspaper
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De...
www.flickr.com/photos/lseli...

Clement’s Inn: the first home of the Women’s Social and Political Union in London - LSE History

Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union's first office was at Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence's home on Clement's Inn, now part of LSE's campus.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 8d

place on LSE campus that makes you proud #partoflse
Women Social and Political Union They produced the newspaper votes for women . their offices
@lselibrary.bsky.social
@lsegender.bsky.social #lsefreshers @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
@lsemedia.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

photo editorial office wspu shows women at typewriters paper on desks 1905

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 9d

this is what the clements inn road looked like in early 20th century and here are women suffrage campaigners of the wspu outside the headquarters.
www.flickr.com/photos/lseli...

marching women suffragettes in a line outside clements inn fence

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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · 9d

Great read📝'What Does It Mean to Be Information Literate for an Autistic Librarian in the Academic Library Workplace?' from our very own @nlisn.bsky.social secretary @ahaire.bsky.social ⬇️
eric.ed.gov?id=EJ1473988

#HE
#Academia
#LibraryWorker
#Neurodivergent
#Neurodiversity
#Employment
#Autism

ERIC - EJ1473988 - What Does It Mean to Be Information Literate for an Autistic Librarian in the Academic Library Workplace?, Journal of Information Literacy, 2025

This study centres on the experiences of autistic librarians in academic library workplaces, delving into how they become information literate--an intricate process influenced by social, epistemic, an...

eric.ed.gov

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 9d

In 1906, the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) moved from Manchester to London, and specifically to Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence’s apartment at Clement’s Inn, find out more from @lse.library curator blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...

Clement’s Inn: the first home of the Women’s Social and Political Union in London - LSE History

Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union's first office was at Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence's home on Clement's Inn, now part of LSE's campus.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 9d

A place on LSE that makes you proud to be #partoflse
it marks the headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union, founded to fight for votes for women.
@lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
@lsemedia.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

plaque marking the place of the wspu headquarters seen on building.

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 12d

The poverty maps Charles Booth’s Inquiry into the Life & Labour of People in London (1886–1903), an investigation into the distribution of wealth and poverty
Explore the maps to see where the poor semi criminal classes lived
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...
booth.lse.ac.uk
@lse.library

Collections - LSE Digital Library

Explore our digital collections through curated selections of material according to themes, type or source of material.

digital.library.lse.ac.uk

Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 12d

welcome to LSE. @lselibrary.bsky.social free bags with maps. from Booth’s Inquiry into Life & Labour People in London (1886–1903),
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...
booth.lse.ac.uk
#lsefreshers
@lseinequalities.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

colour coding images for booth maps yellow is wealthy
red well to do

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 13d

especially useful for @lsegender.bsky.social

@lsepbs.bsky.social

@lseid.bsky.social

@lsemedia.bsky.social

@lsesu.bsky.social

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 13d

welcome to LSE. popular place @lselibrary.bsky.social LSE Life where I regularly meet students for 121 help lit searching & citing &referencing. times on student hub or by emailing librarians. places to sit and work and lollipops!
www.lse.ac.uk/library/abou....
info.lse.ac.uk/current-stud...

lse life lollipops with a sign please help yourself

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 13d

welcome to LSE. popular place @lselibrary.bsky.social LSE Life where I regularly meet students for 121 help lit searching & citing &referencing. times on student hub or by emailing librarians. places to sit and work and lollipops!
www.lse.ac.uk/library/abou....
info.lse.ac.uk/current-stud...

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 14d

Spare rib was a feminist magazine 1970s-1990 @liberatinghistories has amazing guides on it. find out how much it cost in 1970s liberatinghistories.org/periodicals-...

Spare Rib

Spare Rib Title: Spare RibDates: 1972-93Periodicity: monthlyPrice: 17 1/2p (first issue); £1.60 (final issue)Circulation: 20,000-35,000Place of Publication: London Description Spare Rib was the bes…

liberatinghistories.org

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 14d

welcome to the LSE. Here is a well-loved place @lselibrary.bsky.social my favourite collection of women's library magazines. we have an amazing collection of print journals
www.lse.ac.uk/library/coll...

#lsefreshers @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
@lsegender.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

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LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · 15d

Explore our East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month Reading list, sharing a wonderful range of books (from memoirs to food writing to novels) by ESEA and ESEA-heritage authors, recommended by the LSE community.

Twelve books for East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month

For East and Southeast Asia (ESEA) Month 2025, we share a list of twelve must-read books about ESEA culture and history recommended by the LSE community.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 15d

welcome to the LSE. here is an important place on campus. Next to @lse.library ! The Penguin is a sculpture blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
#lsefreshers
@lsegender.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 16d

welcome to @lselibrary.bsky.social We cant wait to meet you.
www.instagram.com/p/DOyBfOdDQGb/
every dept has its own librarian.
find out more about what we do
www.instagram.com/p/DOyBfOdDQGb/
@lsegender.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 23d

East and South East Asian Heritage Month @lselibrary.bsky.social Discovery. Accounts of visit to women China 1927/8
@wilpfuk.bsky.social
see www.instagram.com/p/DOnXGw2Dbzl/
Find out more
WILPF UK archives archives.lse.ac.uk/records/WILP...
@womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 29d

amzing list to explore @lselibrary.bsky.social staff and student scan find databases and websites on our padlet
padlet.com/h_dawson/ese...
@lseid.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

ESEA Heritage Month 2025

East and South East Asian Heritage Month

padlet.com

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · Sep 8

This image is taken from the Digital Library. Published by the London Society for Women's Service 1922.
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De...

Women and the legal profession - LSE Digital Library

Women and the legal profession, 1922, <a href=

digital.library.lse.ac.uk

Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · Sep 8

Excited to discover @lselibrary.bsky.social added to its archive of resources women & legal history.
Association of Women Solicitors (AWS) founded 1919
archives.lse.ac.uk/records/AWS.
@womenshistnet.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

front page of a pamphlet showing the text women and the legal profession

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · Sep 3

East and South East Asian Heritage Month @lselibrary.bsky.social subscription and free resources- lots to explore. we have journal articles, photos archives and more. sections on China, Philippines
#ESEA
padlet.com/h_dawson/ese...
@lseid.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

screenshot of padlet showing links to resources on esea month

Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · Sep 2

Just launched!
I had to share this new collection
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Proud Writing in Wales:
which is so powerful and moving
inspired by Natalie McGrath’s play
tinyurl.com/LGBTQWales
@bishopsgateinst.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social
@lsegender.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

front cover of the book on a background of pink inages of hearts flowers and love images of couples

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