Code4Lib Increasing Diversity in our Community

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#Code4LibProgramSoWhit e This is the ProgramCommittee – 2016!

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#Code4LibProgramSoWhiteThis is the ProgramCommittee – 2016!

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“maybe caring isn’t good enough”

C4L 2016 speakers: ~55% men~53% Reasearch/Uni~90% US, ~8% Canada~<1% non-white (best guess from photo visual)

Quote from Andromeda Yelton

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Code4Lib has a bug. How do we fix it?

• Take action now.• Outreach• Recruitment• Funding• Submission process

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Why do we have this problem?

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OutreachDon’t let it be a missed opportunity.

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Increase diversity in submissions.

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In house changes: submission process (ideas?)

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Title and content layout with SmartArt

Task descriptionStep 1 Title Task descriptionStep

2 Title Task descriptionStep 3 Title

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