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June 10, 1999 Debate Topic:

"Though feminist criticism of the male bias in high-technology library systems may once have had something to it, increasing familiarity with computers is rapidly making such arguments irrelevant"

Readings:

Harris, Roma. "Technology and the Deskilling of Women's Work" from herLibrarianship: The Erosion of a Woman's Profession (New Jersey: Ablex, 1992)

Lengerman, Patricia, Jill Niebregge-Brantley and Jabe Kirkpatrick. "Democracy, Technology and the Public Library: A Feminist Sociological Analysis" in Women Transforming Communications: Global Intersections (London: Sage, 1996) 83-94

Missingham, Roxanne, Cyberspace: No Women Need Apply ? Librarians and the Internet" Australian Library Journal 45.2 (1996) 102-119

See also (for this week or last)
Harris, Roma. "Information Technology and the Deskilling of Librarians" Encyclopedia of LIbrary and Information Science 53, Supplement 16, 1994. 182-201

Last revised: June 2, 1999

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