The Status Of Women In Librarianship

Gives facts and information for building "comparable worth" arguments and parity.

Identifies and describes published materials on the status of women in the profession. Years covered in this work were a particularly rich time for writings relevant to the status of women in librarianship and information science. In addition to a large body of journal literature, these years also witnessed the publication of several significant books.

"The Role of Women in Librarianship 1876-1976: The Entry, Advancement and Struggle for Equalization in One Profession is a sourcebook compiled to provide a history of the first hundred years of a profession traditionally classes as a "women's profession" and to document the continuing struggle of women within that profession to achieve full opportunity and recognition"--Preface, page [ix].

As with its four predecessors, the 1990-2002 compilation of On Account of Sex: An Annotated Bibliography on the Status of Women in Librarianship continues the commitment of ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship to identify published materials on the status of women in the profession and to compile, update and issue a bibliography of these materials on a regular basis. This comprehensive and substantially annotated bibliography includes materials published in the library and information science literature as well as the literature of related fields (i.e., social sciences, management, higher education, and women's studies). Some of the topics covered are career development for women; salary and compensation; sex discrimination; equal stratification in the field; and the history of women in the profession. Pertinent materials from the growing body of gender and feminist studies in the scholarly literature of librarianship and related fields are indexed. Relevant statistical compilations, such as ARL Salary Surveys, which examine gender as a variable are covered. Books, articles, essays, government documents, ERIC documents, dissertations, conference reports, and pamphlets, as well as some non-print materials and electronic documents are included. The book has a broad subject arrangement, and entries within are arranged chronologically. Each annotation provides the researcher with sufficient information about the source to make a decision on its usefulness and applicability.

Librarianship is without a doubt a feminized profession. This book covers the history and the labor, the struggles and the economics, the challenges and the realities of women in librarianship from 1987 through 1992. The third supplement to The Role of Women in Librarianship, 1876-1976 (1979), the collective work of a dozen women, this annotated bibliography is the most comprehensive source available on the status of women in librarianship during the period covered.