ALA-APA Presentation

1. Gender and Leadership
Jessica Olin, MLIS, MAEd
Michelle Millet, MA, MLS

2. Who are we?

3. JessicaOlin

4. Michelle Millet

5. What we will
and won’t be
covering:
Will Cover:
 Gender
 Leadership
 Management
 #libleadgender
Won’t Cover:
 Salary (except maybe obliquely)

6. How we found
the topic:

7. #libleadgender

8. Why?

9. Findings
 From the literature;
 From informal interviews;
 From our own experiences.

10. So many
stories…
“At my current job, I recently stood/spoke up for
all the women… when one employee thought it
was appropriate to make a sexist comment. [Our
male superior] still hasn’t spoken to this
employee because the conversation makes him
‘uncomfortable.’”
“Well, that’s just the culture around here.”

11. So many
stories…
“I remembered watching certain women get
torn apart in my state association for being too
brash, too bossy, too ‘too’. I really admired many
of them, and this still makes me sad and angry.”
“Thank the high heavens I landed in a job (with
an amazing female director) that supports me,
encourages me to succeed and fail and all that
good stuff!”

12. Moving Forward

13. Twitter &
Social Media
 Recurring Chats
 Tweetups
 Other possibilities?

14. BeyondSocial
Media

15. InConclusion…

16. InConclusion…

17. Questions?
 Jessica:
 jessica.olin@wesley.edu or @olinj
 Michelle:
 mmillet@jcu.edu or @winelibrarian