Heather Dawson

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

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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"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 Library Black History Month 2025 Relying on the wisdom of Black scholars everyday but spotlighting resources in this month

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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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.

Find out more blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
Read the newspaper
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photo editorial office wspu shows women at typewriters paper on desks 1905

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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marching women suffragettes in a line outside clements inn fence

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.
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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

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.

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...

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

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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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
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booth.lse.ac.uk
@lse.library

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

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

especially useful for @lsegender.bsky.social

@lsepbs.bsky.social

@lseid.bsky.social

@lsemedia.bsky.social

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lse life lollipops with a sign please help yourself

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!
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lse life lollipops with a sign please help yourself

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...

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…

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-...

library shelf red spare rib journals

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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@lsegender.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

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.

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.

penguin sculpture outside lse library

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...
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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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front page journal pax international

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...
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ESEA Heritage Month 2025 East and South East Asian Heritage Month

amzing list to explore @lselibrary.bsky.social staff and student scan find databases and websites on our padlet
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This image is taken from the Digital Library. Published by the London Society for Women's Service 1922.
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front page of a pamphlet showing the text women and the legal profession

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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screenshot of padlet showing links to resources on esea month

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

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
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front page of the 1918 book text of the title.

attended amazing webinar S. Asian resources@senatehouselib.bsky.social‬
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Sarojini Naidu Indian independence movement wrote this 1919 pamphlet @lselibrary.bsky.social
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black white photo girl drawing on map Work projects in Indonesia, Records of the International Alliance of Women. LSE

East and South East Asian Heritage Month - ESEA Heritage Month@lselibrary.bsky.social subscription and free resources- lots to explore
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View the latest free bibliography on Disability, Libraries, higher education, teaching and learning. it highlights useful articles and reports . Some free some subscription based
You should be able to view and download this from website here
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front page of she magazine from August 1970. content on the right. image of woman long hair trousers on the right

#southasianheritagemonth ‪@lselibrary.bsky.social‬
She magazine
founded Zuhra Karim pioneer women’s journalism in Pakistanm LSE alumna. we have issues 1970-3
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find out more about
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
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front cover mukhti magazine images of hands

#southasianheritagemonth @lse.library digital library
Mukti
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spring 87 issue covered racism- in the past we have not actively or consciously considered effects of prejudice within our own communities
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