Anecdotal only, but there are a LOT more women (both in numbers and proportionally) in code4lib than there were in, say, 2004. We weren't counting back then, alas. Our community is clearly doing a lot to move in the direction of inclusiveness. A lot of that happens in one-on-one interactions, which is part of what can make conferences so amazing.
Bess On Nov 27, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Corey A Harper <corey.har...@nyu.edu> wrote: > I did back-of-envelope math last year, based on the attendees list, > and my calculations showed that 54 out of 244 attendees were female, > so about 22%. This # is surely off as there were about 25 names that I > was unable to put a gender with. I counted these as male to get a > conservative estimate. > > I believe this to be an increase from previous years, or perhaps > comparable to 2011. I'd guess all 3 percentages (attendees, proposals, > presenters) have been steadily increasing at pace since 2006. We can > probably estimate that the 2012 conf was 22% women, 2013 proposers > were 16% women, and presenters will be 12% women. > > It would be interesting to do a longitudinal study of all 3 numbers > and some nifty data vis alongside results of the survey being > discussed. In addition to increasingly all 3 numbers, our goal should > also be reducing the (albeit slight) discrepancy across the ratios. > > -Corey > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Bohyun Kim <k...@fiu.edu> wrote: >> By any chance, do we have the numbers of the previous code4lib conference >> attendees by the female/male ratio? >> >> ~Bohyun >> By any chance, do we have the numbers of the previous code4lib conference >> attendees by the female/male ratio? > >> ________________________________________ >> From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Ross Singer >> [rossfsin...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:20 AM >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [CODE4LIB] >> >> On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Chad Nelson <chadbnel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Rosalyn, >>> >>> If we are only 17% women, when we are subset of the broader Library >>> community, which is majority women, then we are doing something wrong. And >>> that deeper question, what do we need to do to encourage more women to >>> participate in the community, to make the community as a whole appealing >>> and safe, is the question I am really asking. >>> >> >> I'm not entirely sure I agree with this. The issue is less about where the >> number is now than where it's going (and how quickly). >> >> Is our (completely hypothetical) 17% up from 2006 (or whenever), when >> Code4lib started? If so, then I'm less inclined to panic about the >> statistics and just continue working towards making the community amenable >> to more groups. >> >> If it has plateaued or regressed, then, yes, we need to be extremely >> concerned. >> >> -Ross. >> >>> Chad >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Rosalyn Metz <rosalynm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I think first we would need to do a survey of how many women are in the >>>> community. if it turns out that this community is only 17% women then >>>> we're on target. who knows, maybe we're actually 10% women and we're way >>>> above target. in which case the real question might be "how do we get more >>>> women in tech." >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Chad Nelson <chadbnel...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ooops. Hit the wrong key. >>>>> >>>>> So, about our presenters... >>>>> >>>>> Is it a problem that only 4 of our 33 presenters are women? Or that only >>>> 16 >>>>> of 95 proposers were women? >>>>> >>>>> Is there something this community needs to do to encourage more women to >>>>> feel like they can and should speak / propose sessions? >>>>> >>>> > > > > -- > Corey A Harper > Metadata Services Librarian > New York University Libraries > 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor > New York, NY 10003-7112 > 212.998.2479 > corey.har...@nyu.edu
