INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

August 13, 2007.

• Science and Technology sites, compiled by Marlene Manoff as part of theWSSLINKS Women and Gender Studies site from the Women's Studies Section, American Library Association.
• Review of websites on women and computer technology, by Julie M. Albright, from Feminist Collections.
• "Cyberjanes and Cyberjitters: Myths and Realities of Gender Differences and the Net," presentation at the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Spring Conference April 12, 2000, by Phyllis Holman Weisbard.
• "Gender and Computers: Toolbox or Toystore?", presentation at the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Spring Conference April 12, 2000, by Tracy Luchetta. [no longer online]
• ABC News: "Wired Women: The Good, the Bad, and Ugly for 2000," "Wired Women: Internet Women of the Year: Korenman (Finally) Named for 2001," and "How Far Have Women Come Online?" (2002), by Dianne Lynch.
• Ada Project (TAP), women in computing clearinghouse, originated at Yale University, then moved to Mills College.
• Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology strives to increase the participation and impact of women in all aspects of technology. It co-sponsors the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing with the Association for Computing Machinery.
• Center for Women and Information Technology, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, directed by Joan Korenman, includes links to news articles and announcements focusing on women/gender and info. technology.
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) women in computing page.
• ENAWA (European and North American WomenAction) is a "network of media, ICT, information and advocacy organizations strengthening and integrating a feminist analysis in the information and media landscape in relation to social movements and the women's movement."
• Information Technology and Women's Lives: A Bibliography, by Linda Shult (1996) has over 750 citations, some annotated. It is divided into these parts:
  • General includes the Introduction and General Resources.
  • Computer Science and Educationcovers women working or studying in the computer science field as well as computers in K-12 and undergraduate education.
  • Employment and Health includes general employment issues, women's manufacturing work on computer components, the impact of computers on office work, and health concerns with both.
  • Online Usage/Electronic Resources covers women's use of online resources and Internet sites focusing on women and information technology.
• Studio XX is a group of women striving to make positive and creative interventions in the field of digital media technologies.
• Universal Access: Gender and the Information Highway, includes a background report by Leslie Regan Shade and links to other articles on the subject.
• "Women and Girls Last: Females and the Internet," by Janet Morahan-Martin.
• Webgrrls International provides a way for women in or interested in new media and technology to network with each other.
• Women-focused Net Information listings maintained by Joan Korenman, Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County.
• Women'Space is a site devoted to exploring how women use the Internet.
• Women in Computer Science page by computer scientist Ellen Spertus (no longer updated).
• Women in Information Technology is an annotated list of sites that began about and for women in the fields of library & information science, information technology, computer science, and now includes coverage of engineering and other technology-related fields as well.

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