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"Gender Gaps, Information Technology, And Academic Libraries: A Feminist Evaluation, Kelly Barrick Hovendick
"Gender Gaps, Information Technology, And Academic Libraries: A Feminist Evaluation, Kelly Barrick Hovendick
Kelly M. Barrick
This thesis examines the relationship between gender gaps and the increased use of information technology (IT) in academic libraries from a feminist perspective. Since the 1960s, more academic libraries have been utilizing IT in their quest to bring more and faster information to their users. Though information technology has advantages, the increased presence of it brings disadvantages such as gender gaps as well. Therefore, it is vital that the library profession examines the impacts both positive and negative of IT.
In order to effectively evaluate IT, gender gaps and academic libraries, it is necessary to examine related phenomena. Therefore, research …