LOVE the poster idea! +1 to removing the male/female symbols, though, I agree with Jonathan that a subtler message is more effective.
Bess On Dec 6, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <rochk...@jhu.edu> wrote: > I like the picture a lot, but I'd take the male/female symbols out of it, I > think they're cheesy and the point is better made more subtly and implicitly > just by the image itself, rather than beating people over the head with it > with the gender symbols. > > But I also have no idea why "open up the door" is apropos. > > On 12/6/2012 6:24 PM, Doran, Michael D wrote: >> I have come up with an unofficial Code4lib 2013 conference poster. It was >> inspired by the recent discussions exploring ways to be more gender >> inclusive in our community, to "open up the door". >> >> >> >> Although often unacknowledged, women have been coders since the beginning. >> The photo is from the Computer History Museum website, which states "In >> 1952, mathematician Grace Hopper completed what is considered to be the >> first compiler, a program that allows a computer user to use English-like >> words instead of numbers." [1] Props there! The photo was actually taken >> in 1961 and shows Ms. Hopper in front of UNIVAC magnetic tape drives and >> holding a COBOL programming manual [2]. >> >> [cid:image002.jpg@01CDD3D6.93CD2690] >> >> >> >> Bonus points for knowing additional reasons why "open up the door" is >> apropos. >> >> >> >> -- Michael >> >> >> >> [1] http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1952 >> >> >> >> [2] http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102635875 >> >> >> >> Also see terms of use: http://www.computerhistory.org/terms/ >> >> >> >> # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian >> >> # University of Texas at Arlington >> >> # 817-272-5326 office >> >> # 817-688-1926 mobile >> >> # do...@uta.edu >> >> # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ >> >> >> >> >>
