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Comment on Sexism In Silicon Valley by Coral

Coral — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:10:09 +0000

This led me down a rabbit hole of interesting reads. I particularly liked this Slideshare deck: http://www.slideshare.net/terriko/how-does-biology-explain-the-low-numbers-of-women-in-cs-hint-it-doesnt

Comment on What Librarians Do by Daniel Cornwall

Daniel Cornwall — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:59:56 +0000

Point well taken.Thanks for stopping by.

Comment on What Librarians Do by Paul Adasiak

Paul Adasiak — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:51:00 +0000

To Ms. Birkwood’s succinct summary, I would add that, for any curated or “deliberate” collection (the Web is not one of these, but our book, e-book, and article database holdings are), “select and acquire” come first.

Comment on Professional Online Presence: Here’s Mine, What’s Yours? by Professional Online Presence - Web Librarian

Professional Online Presence - Web Librarian — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:48:38 +0000

[...] it was with interest that I read Daniel Cornwall‘s and Starr Hoffman‘s posts on “Professional Online Presences.” Daniel said [...]

Comment on Finding women when you only have maiden names by Bill Willam

Bill Willam — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:47:38 +0000

Some have concerns about how little privacy there is and some don’t seem to consider the effects of that at all. It’s not all good.

Most people know where they went to school and if they want to connect they can always contact alumni associations or the schools themselves. I’ll call that the passive method of finding and connecting with classmates. Those that want to connect can and no one is exposed to unwanted or unnecessary data-mining, or any other type of what could be lumped into a category called harassment.

I would tend towards a passive scenario instead of endorsing the more aggressive methods suggested here without mention of any possible downside.

Ignoring privacy concerns isn’t without consequences, they need to be addressed, especially in this age of all-pervasive and pernicious social networking.

Comment on Finding women when you only have maiden names by Daniel Cornwall

Daniel Cornwall — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:33:49 +0000

Hi Bill – I was expecting a comment like yours to come up at some point. Almost any knowledge can be used for both good and evil. If we refused to talk about anything that could potentially hurt someone else, very little knowledge would be created or exchanged. In this particular case, we’d also have school reunions systematically excluding married women. Or keeping female friends from finding each other after a period of lost contact.

To use another example, publishing government directories with addresses could be seen as a terrorist target list, but few people suggest we should wholesale classify the locations of government buildings.

I suppose I could have titled this post “finding people whose names have changed”, but in our current culture the vast majority of name changes coming from women taking their husband’s last name.

Comment on Finding women when you only have maiden names by Daniel Cornwall

Daniel Cornwall — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:26:49 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like something a lot of schools can use.

Comment on Finding women when you only have maiden names by Bill William

Bill William — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:37:40 +0000

It appears to be a tutorial that could enable stalkers to more easily track down their intended victims.

Not sure headlining that sort of thing under a banner of ‘finding women’ is a positive development.

Comment on Finding women when you only have maiden names by Carol Maltby

Carol Maltby — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:01:24 +0000

We’ve found Facebook is by far the best means of getting people re-connected with their former classmates. Our high school has had a couple of all-class reunion picnics that have gotten over a thousand attendees. Make a Facebook page for your class: “Springfield High School, Class of 1986 Reunion.” Set up an obituary thread for those who are gone but not forgotten. Cross check the friend lists of those you already know. Check friend lists of confirmed siblings, which can be very useful for common names. Make a list of who you’d like to find, and see if anyone speaks up. Use Facebook conversations to start the ball rolling and raise the energy. And don’t take it personally if things don’t get off the ground. Some graduating years have high connectivity and motivation to get together, other classes are just sullen and misanthropic.

Comment on Finding women when you only have maiden names by k.v.peterse-maine

k.v.peterse-maine — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:46:01 +0000

Might try to check under the High School name and year of graduation to see if the reunion committee have their own website, contact the school itself and ask if there is a reunion committee from the year in question, (if the time from graduation is less then 5/or 10 years ago.