Research Catalog

Title

Women, work, and computerization : charting a course to the future : IFIP TC9 WG9.1 Seventh International Conference on Women, Work, and Computerization, June 8-11, 2000, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada / edited by Ellen Balka, Richard Smith.

Author

IFIP TC9/WG9.1 International Conference on Women, Work, and Computerization (7th : 2000 : Vancouver, B.C.)

Publication

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Balka, Ellen.
• Smith, Richard (Richard Keith)

Description

x, 307 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"In this book, the authors discuss how different areas of society are being transformed by computer technology. Authors have placed particular emphasis on women's experiences as computer scientists, and the mechanisms through which approaches to system design and system design methodologies contribute to the gendered nature of computing. Other areas of emphasis include gender differences in computer use, the use of computers in everyday life, and discussions about the use of computers to promote citizenship. With the move of computers progressively more into our homes, authors have increasingly looked at the use of computers to work, and learn, from home."--Jacket.

Series Statement

IFIP ; 44

Uniform Title

International Federation for Information Processing (Series) ; 44.

Subject

• Women computer engineers > Congresses
• Women in computer science > Congresses
• Women electronic data processing personnel > Congresses
• Women in information science > Congresses
• Women computer engineers
• Women electronic data processing personnel
• Women in computer science
• Women in information science

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Acknowledgements / Ellen Balka and Richard Smith -- Introduction / Ellen Balka -- 1. The Absence of Women in Computing. Making the Computer Masculine / Ellen Van Oost. Do Computers Transform People Into Women and Men? / Bettina Torpel. Net Gains / Rosemary Pringle, Sue Nielsen and Liisa Von Hellens / [and others]. Women And Computing / D. Ramanee Peiris, Peter Gregor and Indigo V. -- 2. Training and Careers. The Globalization Of Gender in IT / M. Suriya and Androniki Panteli. Women in Computer Science / Iwona Miliszewska and John Horwood. Gender Differences in Vancouver Secondary Students / Vania Chan, Katie Stafford and Maria Klawe / [et al.]. Why I.T. Doesn't Appeal to Young Women / Judith Symonds.

ISBN

• 0792378644
• 9780792378648

LCCN

• 00038433
• 9780792378648

OCLC

• ocm43864332
• 43864332
• SCSB-1126378

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library