The Social Dimension of Technology

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]