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Gender and Technology Relations in Librarianship

Harris, Roma M.

Journal of education for library and information science, 1999-10, Vol.40 (4), p.232-246 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Arlington, VA: Association for Library and Information Science Education

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Título:
Gender and Technology Relations in Librarianship
Autor: Harris, Roma M.
Assuntos: Academic libraries ; Emerging technology ; Exact sciences and technology ; Information and communication sciences ; Information science ; Information science. Documentation ; Librarians ; Librarianship ; Libraries ; Library and information science. General aspects ; Library management ; Professional aspects ; Public libraries ; Sciences and techniques of general use ; Technological change ; Technology
É parte de: Journal of education for library and information science, 1999-10, Vol.40 (4), p.232-246
Descrição: As technology continues to change the landscape of information work, library workers are particularly affected. The results of a study of the impact of technological change on library work are reported in this paper. The findings, based on interviews with employees in major public and academic library systems in the United States and Canada, reveal that library workers, particularly women, feel they have little control over decision making involving the introduction, integration, and use of new technologies. Some respondents also questioned whether, as a result of the intensity of technological change, administrators continue to perceive any value in the traditional specialized knowledge of librarians. Nevertheless, nearly half of those who took part in the study expressed optimism about the benefits of technological change for their own careers, while others are hopeful that there will be an ongoing need for people, as well as machines, to deliver library services. The results are discussed in the context of other studies of technological change and occupational segregation by gender.
Editor: Arlington, VA: Association for Library and Information Science Education
Idioma: Inglês

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