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.