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Maybe too late now but...gender is not a binary. There should be an Other option if we really are striving to be an inclusive community. -Eric On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 11/27/12 10:35 AM, Joe Hourcle wrote: > >> I admit, I'm no expert on surveys (I tried doing one once for a class ... >> got shut down for an IRB violation as I said I'd share the results back >> with the organization we were surveying ... which is pretty sad, as the >> organization I was surveying was the library school itself) ... but you >> could do a much larger survey, trying to get all people who work in >> libraries, and ask questions about specific IT-related tasks that they >> might be doing, even if they don't self-identify as IT. Of course, then you >> might miss those of us who don't work in libraries, but who may identify >> with this group. ... and make sure that whoever does it isn't at an >> academic institution, to avoid that IRB crap. -Joe >> > > Joe, what I was hoping for was not a survey where individuals report on > themselves, but a statistical sample of libraries where the library reports > on its staff. That avoid the "self-image" issue, and the selection that > individual reporting on self entails. > > kc > > > -- > Karen Coyle > [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet >