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

2013-01-04 Thread Doran, Michael D
/ -- 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 bibliotechy's fat fingers) I'm more concerned

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

2013-01-04 Thread Karen Coyle
, 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 electorate, I think the process is about as open

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

2013-01-04 Thread Roy Tennant
-allmale-panels-at-tech-conferences/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

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 DLF

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, Andromeda

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

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 rossfsin...@gmail.com 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