As I try to suss out what the answers are to the "Who," "What," "When," "Where," "Why," and "How" of my research proposal, here are some articles that I am reading:
Golub, Erin Marie (2010) Gender divide in librarianship: past, present, and future Library Student Journal, Vol. 5.
Gorman, Michael (2004) Whither library education?. New Library World,105(9). 376-380.
Lamont, Melissa (2009) Gender, technology, and libraries. Information Techology and Libraries, 137-142.
Record, Aloha and Ravonne Green (2008) Examining gender issues and trends in library management from the male perspective. Library Administration and Management. 22(4). 193-198.
Sweeper, Darren (2010) Does gender and race have an impact on earning in the library and information science labor market in the united states of america?. LIBRES, 20(2).
I am very interested in the articles that discuss the current gender divide in regards to traditional library jobs and information technology or information science jobs. More men are taking jobs that identify as IT and these jobs pay more than the other areas of library science. While women may have overcome the previous gender divide and now occupy more managerial positions than men, this new disparity between genders is set to become the new gender divide.
I have read quite a few other articles, but these were the one's that interested me the most and seem the most relevant to my research.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Decisions
I've finally decided what I want my research project to be about! Hallelujah! It's about time.
After months of agonizing over the decision, going back and forth between topics, and a general lack of inspiration, I have now landed firmly on a research subject. With my research, I hope to delve into the gender divide in the Library and Information Science profession. Although I have this nailed down, I still and undecided as to how far into the topic I want to go. As of now, I have read a good bit of interesting information that looks not only into the gender divide in the profession, but also explores further demographics of that divide. Can studying age, race, or professional specialization offer any further insight into issues and trends in our field? (The answer is, of course, yes. But at this point, I am wondering if I want to focus my narrow my topic down from gender to different levels of demographics).
This is a complicated issue that exists on many levels, but luckily it has been one that has interested my for many years.
Everyone (I hope) would admit that there is a divide in our profession along gender lines, and I am fairly certain I don't want to explore why that divide exists or even how it has evolved over the years, but rather what the future of the profession looks like for all of us. And how we can change it for the better.
After months of agonizing over the decision, going back and forth between topics, and a general lack of inspiration, I have now landed firmly on a research subject. With my research, I hope to delve into the gender divide in the Library and Information Science profession. Although I have this nailed down, I still and undecided as to how far into the topic I want to go. As of now, I have read a good bit of interesting information that looks not only into the gender divide in the profession, but also explores further demographics of that divide. Can studying age, race, or professional specialization offer any further insight into issues and trends in our field? (The answer is, of course, yes. But at this point, I am wondering if I want to focus my narrow my topic down from gender to different levels of demographics).
This is a complicated issue that exists on many levels, but luckily it has been one that has interested my for many years.
Everyone (I hope) would admit that there is a divide in our profession along gender lines, and I am fairly certain I don't want to explore why that divide exists or even how it has evolved over the years, but rather what the future of the profession looks like for all of us. And how we can change it for the better.
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