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Summary
The ""Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology"" is the only reference work that provides an all-encompassing perspective on the way gender and information technology impact each other. Hundreds of leading international experts have compiled their research about the role of gender in human interaction with IT and the IT profession. This innovative encyclopedia contains thousands of key terms and their definitions in order to supply readers with the most complete understanding of the subject. These two volumes also include over 200 entries with extensive reference sections listing additional works on gender and information technology in order to stimulate further research. The ""Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology"" is a must-have publication for every library.
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Choice Review
This encyclopedia compiles 213 four- to five-page entries making observations about the role of gender in human interaction with information technology and the IT profession. Intended as a preliminary research agenda encompassing essays on gender and IT education and the workplace, the volume contains many essays that simply survey struggles faced by women in many parts of the world who interact with the Internet or telecommunications technology. The majority delve into complexities in very specific geographic or industrial situations, such as "Gender and the Use of DSS in the Australian Cotton Industry." Others offer necessarily superficial overviews of topics that have already generated substantial research, such as women's online life and many variations on the topic of girls and computing. Entries like "Boards Need Women with IT" and "Checking Female Foeticide in the Information Age" take a polemical approach that is unusual for an encyclopedia. Although a map of potential areas of study in this field would be valuable, the editors did not integrate the work of their many contributors, instead printing an idiosyncratic, overlapping, and overpriced set that offers little value to a reference collection. ^BSumming Up: Not recommended. P. Finley University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Library Journal Review
This two-volume encyclopedia, edited by Trauth (The Culture of an Information Economy), is a compilation of 213 research articles written by 295 international researchers. It explores the role of gender in all aspects of information technology (IT) and includes a wide array of topics, e.g., women in computer science, IT in developing countries, gender and education, and the influence of IT in society and the workplace. Although some articles provide an overview of a topic, they often describe a specific research project, thus limiting the book's usefulness as a reference source for general topics. Because the articles are arranged alphabetically by title, those on similar subjects are scattered throughout the volumes, forcing the user to scan either the table of contents or the index to locate related information. Each article usually includes a brief background section, a description of future trends, a bibliography, and definitions of key terms and concepts, which sometimes appear in multiple articles with varying definitions (1400-plus terms are defined in total). The articles and terms are supported by more than 4700 references to additional works. Bottom Line Easily accessible to the nonspecialist, this unique resource does give a sense of the breadth of research in this field, but a good database search will accomplish the same goal. However, users might appreciate having the diverse topics brought together in one set. Recommended as a supplemental purchase. [Free institution-wide online access is available for the life of the edition when your library purchases a print copy.-Ed.]-Teresa U. Berry, Univ. of Tennessee Libs., Knoxville (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
