44th chat, October 20 2015: gender and leadership
6pm Pacific / 7pm Mountain / 8pm Central / 9pm Eastern
Moderated by @catladylib
Storify (pdf, html) by @kshockey04
Suggested readings:
- Library Feminism and Library Women’s History: Activism and Scholarship, Equity and Culture by Suzanne Hildenbrand. (pdf available here)
- The Glass Elevator Revisited: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times by Christine Williams (in Gender and Society, let @catladylib or @violetbfox know if you need access)
Discussion questions:
- Q1. What’s with the erasure of women’s history from current LIS education? How does that impact leadership in LIS? #critlib
- Q2. How do we address gender bias in our perceptions of leadership styles? #critlib
- Q3. How does gender impact advocating for pay/status for yourself or your staff? #critlib
- Q4. Does LIS leadership training address gender and discrimination? How can we make it better? #critlib
- Q5. What does feminist leadership look like to you? #critlib