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Heather Dawson
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Social science Librarian. LSE.
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Dont panic about citing and referencing. @lsesu.bsky.social academic integrity week. Quick tips from @lselibrary.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Suffragette Guy Fawkes Day event from November 1907.
in Clapham suffragette effigy being paraded with placard i want the vote! see @lselibrary.bsky.social
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De...
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newspaper pages from womens franchise 1907
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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View the latest free bibliography on Disability, Libraries, higher education, teaching and learning
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useful articles and reports

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November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Fireworks night @lselibrary.bsky.social
amazing guy from 'Street Life in London', 1877
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British tradition to make effigies
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a donkey pulling a cart being driven by a small boy it is carrying an enormous ugly guy fawkes figure. historic image from victorians
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Black history month. @lselibrary.bsky.social amazing oral histories black women NGO leaders. 16 collected womens resource centre
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...
#blackhistorymonth
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logo womens resource centre
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🎓 Calling all MA students in women's history!

Our MA Dissertation Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. Celebrate outstanding scholarship & share your work with the wider community.

Deadline: 16 January 2026

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#WomensHistory #MAHistory #GenderHist
Photograph of Sophia Jex-Blake by Margaret Todd. Image of a woman in Victorian dress sitting at a desk, with books and writing equipment.
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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from @lselibrary.bsky.social
colonial office reports& Caribbean newspapers enable you to 'surface' black viewpoints
#blackhistorymonth
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jamaica watchman newspaper frontpage.
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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10 things you need to know about Women, Peace and Security on the 25th anniversary of the WPS agenda coming into action. wilpf.org.uk/2025/10/13/1...
10 things you need to know about Women, Peace and Security - WILPF UK
This blog is a repost from WILPF International As of October 2025, it has been 25 years since the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted resolution 1325, which was its first […]
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October 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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#blackhistorymonth inspired by our book @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social Find out about Una Marson @lselibrary.bsky.social 1930s int feminism
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Nineteen must-read books for Black History Month - LSE Review of Books
For UK Black History Month, we've compiled a list of 19 books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by LSE staff.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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we want @lse.library to be for everyone. Find out how we welcomed the @lsegender.bsky.social students with our womens history archives
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image of tin change the world find out what gender students learnt at ls elibrary welcome.
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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"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.
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Welcome to #BlackhistoryMonth from @lselibrary.bsky.social
padlet page
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where I am highlighting useful LSE databases.
including
Sources journal articles
global south , historic docs
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LSE Library Black History Month 2025
Relying on the wisdom of Black scholars everyday but spotlighting resources in this month
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October 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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place on LSE campus that makes you proud #partoflse
Women Social and Political Union They produced the newspaper votes for women . their offices
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@lsegender.bsky.social #lsefreshers @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
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photo editorial office wspu shows women at typewriters paper on desks 1905
September 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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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...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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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.
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plaque marking the place of the wspu headquarters seen on building.
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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welcome to LSE. @lselibrary.bsky.social free bags with maps. from Booth’s Inquiry into Life & Labour People in London (1886–1903),
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booth.lse.ac.uk
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colour coding images for booth maps yellow is wealthy red well to do
September 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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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
September 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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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
September 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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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
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library shelf red spare rib journals
September 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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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.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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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
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penguin sculpture outside lse library
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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welcome to @lselibrary.bsky.social We cant wait to meet you.
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every dept has its own librarian.
find out more about what we do
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September 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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East and South East Asian Heritage Month @lselibrary.bsky.social Discovery. Accounts of visit to women China 1927/8
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see www.instagram.com/p/DOnXGw2Dbzl/
Find out more
WILPF UK archives archives.lse.ac.uk/records/WILP...
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front page journal pax international
September 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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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.
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front page of a pamphlet showing the text women and the legal profession
September 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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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
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screenshot of padlet showing links to resources on esea month
September 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM