Great idea- thank you Lisa, Becky, Bohyun, and others for working to create a tech group for women. Long overdue. Count me in!
-Lisa Kurt On Dec 7, 2012, at 11:07 AM, "Lisa Rabey" <lra...@grcc.edu> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > Myself, Becky Yoose, and feelers out to a couple other people, are currently > in the very early stages of thinking we should do something (tm) that is > outside of Code4Lib. The idea is a "group" (for a lack of a better word) > that is independent / inclusive that won't be segregated from the rest of > library land. This should be encompassing for anyone who identifies > themselves as female, and works in technology and in libraries. > > We're thinking: > *Activism > *Visibility > *Mentorships > *Inclusive > *Independent of any existing organization, but should work with those > organizations (ALA, LITA, ASIST, EDUCause, etc) > > (And that's what we came up with this morning.) > > If you're interested, please feel free to join us on #libtechwomen on IRC or > email me privately or find me on twitter as @pnkrcklibrarian. > > Best, > Lisa > > > > > > > -- > Lisa M. Rabey, MA, MLIS > ------------------------ > Systems & Web Librarian > Grand Rapids Community College > p: 616.234.3786 | e: lra...@grcc.edu > http://grcc.edu/library | http://grcc.edu/library/socialmedia
