Gender, technology, and libraries

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-142

  Lamont, Melissa ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350141045     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v28i3.3221     Document Type: Article

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1. Examples of research and statistics concerning the number and status of women in technology fields, in addition to those noted in the paper, include Carol Simard et al., Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level Women in Technology (Palo Alto, Calif.: Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, 2008), http://anitaborg.org/files/Climbing-the-Technical- Ladder.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2008);
2. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Household Data Annual Averages, "Table 11. Employed Persons by Detailed Occupation, Sex, Race and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity," ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special. requests/lf/aatll.txt (accessed Oct. 20, 2008);
3. And Jay Vesgo, "CRA Taulbee Trends: Female Students and Faculty," Computing Research Association, June 17, 2008, www.cra.org/info/taulbee/women.html (accessed Oct. 20, 2008).
4. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2007, NSF 07-315, Table H-5, Employed Scientists and Engineers by Occupation, Highest Degree Level, and Sex: 2003 (Arlington, Va.: National Science Foundation, 2007): 222, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/pdf/nsf07315.pdf (accessed June 11, 2008).
5. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2007, Table H-16, Median Annual Salary of Scientists and Engineers Employed Full Time, by Highest Degree, Broad Occupation, Age Group, and Sex: 2003, 225.
6. Association of Research Libraries, ARL Annual Salary Survey 2007-2008, Table 17, Number and Average Salaries by Position and Sex (Washington, D.C.: ARL, 2008): 42-43, tables 17-18 www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/salary/ annualedssal.shtml (accessed Aug. 2008).
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13. Ibid., 30.
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16. Ibid., 1419.
17. Association of Research Libraries, ARL Annual Salary Survey 2007-2008,42-43, tables 17-18.
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36. Alksnis, Desmarais, and Curtis, "Workforce Segregation," 1419.
37. Rasmussen and Hapnes, "Excluding Women," 1108.