On 6/19/13 10:03 AM, Doug Barton wrote:
Short version, if everyone does what they can to encourage diverse
participation, we won't need "legislation" to fix the problem.
I'd like it if that were true but I don't think it is. For example,
the majority of academic librarians are women (one demographic
survey I saw said 80%) but the majority of academic library directors
are men (again, ~80%). I'd like to think that good intentions and
happy thoughts will provide a durable solution to the problem but
I'm not convinced. I am convinced, however, that because of our
decision-making processes we would not be able to do "legislation,"
in any event.
Melinda