We Can Do IT: Women in Library Information Technology PDF
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We Can Do IT Tis book is number ten in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, Series Editor. We Can Do IT Women in Library Information Technology Edited by Jenny Brandon Sharon Ladenson Kelly Sattler Library Juice Press Sacramento, CA Copyright respective authors, 2017 Published by Library Juice Press in 2018 Library Juice Press PO Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data pending. Table of Contents ix Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 9 #Advice 11 Be Competent, Be Confdent, and Dare Greatly: Lessons Learned from Twenty-fve Years of Surviving and Triving in Library IT Janet Crum #Advice #Confdence #Opportunities #Sexism 16 Support for Women in IT is Support for the Team Allison Deluca #Advice #SupportWomeninIT #TeamSupport 20 A Road Not Planned: My Journey in Library IT Denise A. Garofalo #Advice #CareerPath #Challenges 26 My Journey and Tips for Women Interested in IT Vincci Kwong #Advice #Challenges #Tips 30 How Two Women Embraced Teir Path to IT Management Rachel Vacek and Kat Hagedorn #Advice #Advocacy #CareerPath #GetTingsDone #Leadership #Management #Mentorship #UnconsciousBias 37 Finding Your Job-Career Balance Melissa Wisner #Advice #CareerStrategy #ProjectManagement #VerticalNetworking 43 Trust me, I’m a Library IT Professional Jingjing Wu #Advice #Communication 47 #Observations 49 Librarian as CIO? Naturally! Susie Speer Corbett #Observations #CareerPath #LibrarianAsCIO #ManagementAdvice #NotJustaLibrarian #RedefneLibrarian #UnLimited 54 Essentialism, Social Construction, or Individual Diferences Jenelys Cox, Jef Rynhart, Shea-Tinn Yeh #Observations #Advice #ChangeAgents 59 Women in Library IT – One Man’s Perspective Kevin Finkenbinder #Observations #Advice #BreakingStereotypes #CareerPath #Confdence #Perspective #TakeRisks 65 A Career in Library Technology: A Personal Essay Julie Guzzetta #Observations #Advice #CareerPath 69 Beyond the Horizon – Learning New Skills Trough the Infuence of Diverse Computer Professionals Alisha Taylor #Observations #LearnCode #Mentorship #Persist 73 #CareerPath 75 Jump Ship Marcia L. Dority Baker #CareerPath #Advice #BeBold #ChangeAgent #JumpShip #Leadership 81 Te Story of My Unintended Journey into Systems Librarianship Olufunmilayo Fati #CareerPath #UnintendedLibrarianship 84 “I’ve Had the Perfect Job for Me”: An Interview Alexandra Gallin-Parisi and Donna Kaminski #CareerPath #Biography #Interview 93 My Journey Trough Library IT Robin Hastings #CareerPath #Advice #BeConfdent #StretchGoals 98 Not the “Same As It Ever Was”: An Accidental Systems Librarian Amy Hezel #CareerPath #Accidents #Future 103 Library IT is Never Boring Tari Keller #CareerPath #Advice #ExcitingCareer #History vi 109 IT and Libraries: A Perfect Career Marriage Karen Knox #CareerPath #KnowYourStrengths #LibraryLeadership #TechnologyAdvocate #TechnologyInLibraries 114 Blending Liberal Arts and IT: Finding a Place for a Tech-Loving Non- Programmer Amanda Hartman McLellan #CareerPath #FindingYourPlace #LeanIn #NeverGiveUp 119 How Hamlet Helped Me Become a Library “Techie” Este Pope #CareerPath #Code #Confdence #DigitalLibrary #Techie 123 Chimera in the Library: A Journey Trough the Cultures of IT, Libraries, & Library IT Stephanie Walker #CareerPath #Advice #DontFearFailure #Flexibility #HighlightStrengths #HireGoodPeople #Lessons #ListenToEveryone #NeverTalkDown #ServiceMatters #SoWhatIfItHasNeverBeenDone #TrustStaf 131 #Challenges 133 Breaking Stereotypes and Meeting Challenges Cathleen S. Carstens #Challenges #AtMyAgeItsImportantToBeHavingFun #BreakingStereotypes #ChangeAgent #ExcitedAboutTeNextGenerationOfWomen #LifelongLearning #LookingTowardTeFuture #TechnologyIsInMyDNA 140 Emotional labor: Te Unexpected Hard Work Tara Coleman #Challenges #EmotionalLabor 144 Yes, I Speak Tech; My Experiences with Sexism in the Workplace Suzanna Conrad #Challenges #ExperiencesWithSexism #RisingAboveSexism 155 Empowerment, Teamwork, and Personal Growth Deloris J. Foxworth #Challenges #Empowerment #ImposterSyndrome #Strength #Teamwork 160 My Life in IT Lynne E. Grigsby #Challenges #CareerPath #Discrimination #Sexism #UnconsciousBias 164 Feminist Finds Her Footing Dana Haugh #Challenges #CareerPath #ChangeAgent #Sexism vii 166 Counting Down to Looking Up Rhela Sudo #Challenges #Bias #Sexism 174 Walking the Tightrope! Sharon Whitfeld #Challenges #Bias #Discrimination 178 Where I Belong Becky Yoose #Challenges #Community #ImposterSyndrome 181 #ChangeAgents 183 Girls to the Front: What Riot Grrrl Tells Us About Women in Library IT Kate Dohe #ChangeAgent #DIY #Feminism #Leadership #RiotGrrrl 187 Setting Our Values as Library Technology Leaders and Women Margaret Heller and Hong Ma #ChangeAgents #Collaboration #Community #Flexibility #Workfows 193 Girls Don’t Do Woodworking Catherine Larson #ChangeAgent #Advice #GenderNormsChanging #SupportingFolks 200 From Imposter to Contender: Te Women of Library IT Christina Mune #ChangeAgent #Advice #DefyingStereotypes #EverydaySexism #ImposterSyndrome 206 GratITude Leah M Root #ChangeAgents #Infuencers #Mentorship #RoleModels 209 What a Diference a Decade (or Tree) Makes Kathy Watts #ChangeAgent #CSEducation #Generations #GirlsInIT #RoleModels #SelfConfdence #VisionForFutureForWomen 213 Tell Imposter Syndrome to Take a Seat Kathy Zadrozny #ChangeAgent #AddWomen #ImposterSyndrome #PublicSpeaking 217 Editors 219 Contributors 231 Bibliography viii Acknowledgements First, we would like to thank all the people who responded to our call for essays. We appreciate the authors for being will- ing to share their experiences, thoughts, and for responding so well to our edits. We thank Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries for supporting us in this endeavor. Te MSU Librar- ies’ writing group was invaluable for their feedback on the ini- tial proposal. Tanks to Library Juice Press for their encourage- ment and seeing value in publishing a book on this topic. We are grateful for the people in our lives, personally and profes- sionally, who encouraged us to be where we are today. Final- ly, we would like to also acknowledge the enjoyment we had working together on this project and our appreciation for what we’ve learned from each other during the process. Each person brought diferent strengths that made this a better book overall.
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