Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2013-01-04 Thread Roy Tennant
m: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of >>> Ross Singer >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 9:02 AM >>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat >>> fingers) &

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2013-01-04 Thread Karen Coyle
f Of Ross Singer Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 9:02 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers) I'm more concerned about the latter ratio than the former (although we could probably question the demographics of the electora

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2013-01-04 Thread Doran, Michael D
ferences/266837/ -- Michael > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Ross Singer > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 9:02 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotec

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2012-11-28 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
"Forum 12 [. . .] library type (76% academic? oh my)." Library type "academic" is probably going to dominate, because that's who gets travel funding. The most probable alternative might be "vendor", because they will get funding too. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Androme

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2012-11-28 Thread Riley, Jenn
> >I would be interested to see the gender breakdown in the CfP for >comparable conferences (LITA National, Access) and if Code4lib's numbers >are noticeably lower, meeting with those groups to determine why. > >-Ross. I put together a rough comparison of attendees (rather than presenters) at the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2012-11-27 Thread Andromeda Yelton
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Ross Singer wrote: > I would be interested to see the gender breakdown in the CfP for > comparable conferences (LITA National, Access) and if Code4lib's numbers > are noticeably lower, meeting with those groups to determine why. > I would be happy to run the For

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2012-11-27 Thread Ross Singer
I'm more concerned about the latter ratio than the former (although we could probably question the demographics of the electorate, I think the process is about as open and fair and democratic as we can really hope for). The low percentage of female proposers is really the reason why there are s