Eric++ I was thinking the same thing. Along those lines: for the folks working on the draft policy - I'd like to suggest adding "gender expression" and "gender identity" to the mix of things we're not discriminating about. Language from the GLAAD Media Reference Guide<http://www.glaad.org/document.doc?id=99>: Gender Identity: One’s internal, personal sense of being a man or a woman (or a boy or a girl). For transgender people, their birth-assigned sex and their own internal sense of gender identity do not match. Gender Expression: External manifestation of one’s gender identity, usually expressed through “masculine,” “feminine” or gender-variant behavior, clothing, haircut, voice or body characteristics. -Ken -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eric Phetteplace Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Survey 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet >