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THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF TECHNOLOGY2016 ALA ANNUAL TECH WRAP-UP
Bohyun Kim http://bohyunkim.net | Twitter: @bohyunkimAssociate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems Health Sciences and Human Services Library University of Maryland, BaltimoreAmerican Libraries Live, July 7, 2016
THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF TECHNOLOGY
A. Questioning the seeming neutrality of technology• “Toward an Ethic of Social Justice in Information” – LITA President’s Program
by Dr. Safiya Noble• “#Blacklivesmatter: Documenting a Digital Protest Movement” program
B. Open discussion about the gender inequality in library IT• “Women in Library Technology Leadership” panel discussion• LITA Women in Technology IG meeting
http://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=138000
TROUBLESOME SEARCH RESULTS
• UN Women Ad series campaign• “Unprofessional hairstyle”• “Black girls, Latina girls, Asian girls”• “Three black teenagers” vs. “three white teenagers”• “Doctors”• “Professor style”• The case of Dylann Roof
https://twitter.com/socaldesi/status/747157641902723073
http://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=138546
https://twitter.com/curatedchris/status/747121744067051520
http://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=138007
https://twitter.com/ranti/status/747044961229561858
#alatechwomen
http://connect.ala.org/node/252565http://www.ala.org/lita/about/igs/women-in-information-technology/lit-igwiit
THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF TECHNOLOGY
A. Questioning the seeming neutrality of technologyB. Open discussion about the gender inequality in
library IT
THANK YOU!
Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim [Twitter]
http://bohyunkim.net [Web]