I did back-of-envelope math last year, based on the attendees list, and my calculations showed that 54 out of 244 attendees were female, so about 22%. This # is surely off as there were about 25 names that I was unable to put a gender with. I counted these as male to get a conservative estimate.
I believe this to be an increase from previous years, or perhaps comparable to 2011. I'd guess all 3 percentages (attendees, proposals, presenters) have been steadily increasing at pace since 2006. We can probably estimate that the 2012 conf was 22% women, 2013 proposers were 16% women, and presenters will be 12% women. It would be interesting to do a longitudinal study of all 3 numbers and some nifty data vis alongside results of the survey being discussed. In addition to increasingly all 3 numbers, our goal should also be reducing the (albeit slight) discrepancy across the ratios. -Corey On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Bohyun Kim <k...@fiu.edu> wrote: > By any chance, do we have the numbers of the previous code4lib conference > attendees by the female/male ratio? > > ~Bohyun > By any chance, do we have the numbers of the previous code4lib conference > attendees by the female/male ratio? > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Ross Singer > [rossfsin...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:20 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [CODE4LIB] > > On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Chad Nelson <chadbnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Rosalyn, >> >> If we are only 17% women, when we are subset of the broader Library >> community, which is majority women, then we are doing something wrong. And >> that deeper question, what do we need to do to encourage more women to >> participate in the community, to make the community as a whole appealing >> and safe, is the question I am really asking. >> > > I'm not entirely sure I agree with this. The issue is less about where the > number is now than where it's going (and how quickly). > > Is our (completely hypothetical) 17% up from 2006 (or whenever), when > Code4lib started? If so, then I'm less inclined to panic about the > statistics and just continue working towards making the community amenable to > more groups. > > If it has plateaued or regressed, then, yes, we need to be extremely > concerned. > > -Ross. > >> Chad >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Rosalyn Metz <rosalynm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think first we would need to do a survey of how many women are in the >>> community. if it turns out that this community is only 17% women then >>> we're on target. who knows, maybe we're actually 10% women and we're way >>> above target. in which case the real question might be "how do we get more >>> women in tech." >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Chad Nelson <chadbnel...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ooops. Hit the wrong key. >>>> >>>> So, about our presenters... >>>> >>>> Is it a problem that only 4 of our 33 presenters are women? Or that only >>> 16 >>>> of 95 proposers were women? >>>> >>>> Is there something this community needs to do to encourage more women to >>>> feel like they can and should speak / propose sessions? >>>> >>> -- Corey A Harper Metadata Services Librarian New York University Libraries 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003-7112 212.998.2479 corey.har...@nyu.edu
