The Information Age versus Gender Equity? Technology and Values in Education for Library and Information Science

THELIBRARY PROFESSION PROCLAIMS ITSELF to be a proponent of both the Information Age and of equity for women and people of color. Yet certain features of the Information Age appear to be inhospitable to the goals of gender equity and there is a long history of gender stratification, with men favored for top positions in the profession. Structural changes brought about by the Information Age may foreshadow a resurgence of inequity. This discussion looks at the changing character of education for librarianship in the Information Age, emphasizing faculty and students in the emerging curriculum. Relative support for Library Science and for Information Science courses, measured using faculty distribution in the two areas, is examined.