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Would it be sacrilege to replace "COBOL" with "CODE4LIB". On the one hand, Hopper. On the other hand, Cobol. It burns! -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Doran, Michael D Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 6:34 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib Chicago 2013 poster (subtler version) Hi Bess, > LOVE the poster idea! Thanks! > +1 to removing the male/female symbols, though, I agree with Jonathan > that a subtler message is more effective. Easily done, see the new subtler version below. (And higher res version available at http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/code4lib/2013poster.html) [cid:[log in to unmask]] -- Michael [1] Higher res at http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/code4lib/2013poster.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Bess Sadler > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 6:36 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib Chicago 2013 poster > > LOVE the poster idea! > > +1 to removing the male/female symbols, though, I agree with Jonathan > that a subtler message is more effective. > > Bess > > On Dec 6, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > I like the picture a lot, but I'd take the male/female symbols out of > it, I think they're cheesy and the point is better made more subtly and > implicitly just by the image itself, rather than beating people over the > head with it with the gender symbols. > > > > But I also have no idea why "open up the door" is apropos. > > > > On 12/6/2012 6:24 PM, Doran, Michael D wrote: > >> I have come up with an unofficial Code4lib 2013 conference poster. > It was inspired by the recent discussions exploring ways to be more > gender inclusive in our community, to "open up the door". > >> > >> > >> > >> Although often unacknowledged, women have been coders since the > beginning. The photo is from the Computer History Museum website, which > states "In 1952, mathematician Grace Hopper completed what is considered > to be the first compiler, a program that allows a computer user to use > English-like words instead of numbers." [1] Props there! The photo was > actually taken in 1961 and shows Ms. Hopper in front of UNIVAC magnetic > tape drives and holding a COBOL programming manual [2]. > >> > >> [cid:[log in to unmask]]<mailto:[cid:[log in to unmask]]> > >> > >> > >> > >> Bonus points for knowing additional reasons why "open up the door" is > apropos. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- Michael > >> > >> > >> > >> [1] http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1952 > >> > >> > >> > >> [2] http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102635875 > >> > >> > >> > >> Also see terms of use: http://www.computerhistory.org/terms/ > >> > >> > >> > >> # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian > >> > >> # University of Texas at Arlington > >> > >> # 817-272-5326 office > >> > >> # 817-688-1926 mobile > >> > >> # [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > >> > >> # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>