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Code4Lib Community Statement in Support of Chris Bourg

Code4Lib Community Statement in Support of Chris Bourg

Last month, MIT Library Director Chris Bourg was chosen by community vote to deliver a keynote lecture at the Code4Lib (library software developers’) conference, in which she cited research examining why people from marginalized groups voluntarily leave jobs in the tech world. Since then, she has been subjected to widespread and coordinated harassment across several platforms, including homophobic and sexist personal attacks, as well as commentary that discounts her expertise, ignores the nuances of her argument, and misrepresents her position. The 2018 organizing committee and Code4Lib conference planners would like to express our wholehearted support of Dr. Bourg and our gratitude to her for her important message. We join with other members of the Code4Lib community in condemning this distressing and unprofessional behavior.

2018 Code4Lib Conference Organizers

• Galen Charlton
• Kate Dohe
• Ben Florin
• Peggy Griesinger
• Bohyun Kim
• Jaime Mears
• Bethany Nowviskie
• Eric Phetteplace
• Amy Wickner
• Becky Yoose

Additional Signatories

Organizations

• American Library Association (ALA)
• Association for Computers in the Humanities (ACH)
• Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
• Association of Research Libraries
• Association of University Presses
• Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)
• Boston Library Consortium
• Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
• Data Curation Experts, LLC (DCE)
• Digital Frontiers
• Digital Library Federation (DLF)
• Directory of Open Access Journals
• DuraSpace
• Executive Committee of Penn Libraries' Group on Library Diversity (GOLD)
• George Washington University Libraries and Academic Innovation
• Hypothes.is
• Library Publishing Coalition
• Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
• Lost in the Stacks on WREK
• Metropolitan New York Library Council (Metro)
• Penn State University Libraries
• Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
• Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
• Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN)
• University of Delaware Library
• University of Virginia Scholars' Lab

Individuals

• A.S. Galvan
• Aaron Collie
• Aaron Collier
• Abigail Goben
• Adam Wead
• Adam Ziegler
• Adriene Lim
• Adrienne Lai
• Alan Harnum
• Alex Gil
• Alex Golub-Sass
• Alex R. Hodges
• Alex Willett
• Alexandra Chassanoff
• Alexandra Dolan-Mescal
• Alexis Logsdon
• Alison Blaine
• Aliya Reich
• Allison Langham
• Alyssa Loera
• Amanda Curnow
• Amanda Rinehart
• Amanda Visconti
• Amanda Watson
• Amanda Whitmire
• Amelia Gibson
• Amy Buckland
• Amy Filiatreau
• Amy Gay
• Amy L. Nurnberger
• Amy McLay Paterson
• Amy Neeser
• Amy Riegelman
• Andreas "Dre" Orphanides
• Andrew Darby
• Andrew Gearhart
• Andrew Preater
• Andrew Weaver
• Andromeda Yelton
• Andy Ashton
• Angela Boyd
• Angela Zoss
• Ann Frenkel
• Ann Thornton
• Anna Creech
• Anna Filippova
• Anna St.Onge
• Anne R. Kenney
• Anne Slaughter
• Anneliese Dehner
• Araceli Hintermeister
• Artemis Kirk
• Ashley Blewer
• Ashley Brewer
• Athena Jackson
• Austin Booth
• Autumn Faulkner
• Ayla Stein
• Barbara Dewey
• Barbara Hui
• Barbara Laufersweiler
• Barbara Williams
• Becca Quon
• Ben Rearick
• Benjamin Albritton
• Benjamin Armintor
• Benjamin Webb
• Bess Sadler
• Beth Daniel Lindsay
• Bill Erickson
• Bobbi Fox
• Bobby Glushko
• Brad Houston
• Brandon Butler
• Brandon Dudley
• Brandy Karl
• Brendan Quinn
• Brett Williams
• Bria Parker
• Brian E. C. Schottlaender
• Brian Harrington
• Brian Rogers
• Brian Rosenblum
• Bruce Barton
• Bruce Hulse
• Bruce Orcutt
• Caitlin Pollock
• Carmen Mitchell
• Carol Bean
• Carolyn Caizzi
• Carolyn Ciesla
• Carrie Wade
• Catherine Pellegrino
• Cathy Aster
• Cecily Marcus
• Cecily Walker
• Chad Haefele
• Chad Nelson
• Chana Kraus-Friedberg
• Char Booth
• Charles Ed Hill
• Charlotte Rock
• Chealsye Bowley
• Chelcie Juliet Rowell
• Chris Diaz
• Chris Stanton
• Chrissy Rissmeyer
• Christie Peterson
• Christina Harlow
• Christina K. Pikas, PhD
• Christopher Cronin
• Christy Hyman
• Christy Tomecek
• Claire S.
• Claire Stewart
• Claudia Hill
• Cody Hanson
• Colin Nickels
• Corey A Harper
• Corey Davis
• Courtney C. Mumma
• Craig Boman
• Cynthia Mari Orozco
• Cynthia Ng
• D.R. Tyler Magill
• Dale Askey
• Damon Jaggars
• Dan Cohen
• Dan Coughlin
• Dan Scott
• Daniel Sanford
• Dave Durden
• Dave Mayo
• Dave S. Ghamandi
• David Drexler
• David Kinzer
• David McCallum
• David Moles
• David Pcolar
• David Wilcox
• Deb DeGeorge
• Deborah A. Torres
• Deborah Babb
• Deborah Caldwell
• debra hanken kurtz
• Declan Fleming
• Dee Magnoni
• Denise O'Shea
• Derek Merleaux
• Derek Zoladz
• Desmond Wong
• Diane Goldenberg-Hart
• Diego Pino Navarro
• Dolly Knight
• Dominic Bordelon
• Dominic Mitchell
• Dominique Luster
• Donna M. Lanclos
• Doralyn Rossmann
• Dorothea Salo
• Dorothy Kim
• Dorothy Meaney
• Dot Porter
• Eben English
• Ed Summers
• Edward Bilodeau
• Eleanor I. Cook
• Elena Colón-Marrero
• Elisa Landaverde
• Elizabeth England
• Elizabeth Lorang
• Elizabeth Wickes
• Ellen Finnie
• Ellen Keith
• Elliott Shore
• Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez
• Emily Clasper
• Emily Gore
• Emily Knox
• Emily Morton-Owens
• Emma C Moore
• Eric Celeste
• Eric Hanson (Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee)
• Eric Hellman
• Eric Johnson
• Eric Olson
• Erica Hayes
• Erik Radio
• Erin Nettifee
• Erin O'Meara
• Erin Stalberg
• Erin Templeton
• Erin White
• Esmé Cowles
• Esther M. Jackson
• Ethan Fenichel
• Eugenia Beh
• Eve Ross
• F. Tim Knight
• Faith Charlton
• Fletcher Durant
• Fobazi M Ettarh
• Frances Botsford
• Francesca Livermore
• Francis Kayiwa
• Gabrielle V. Michalek
• Gail Steinhart
• Galadriel Chilton
• Garrett Eastman
• Gary Price
• Gary Thompson
• Gayle Schechter
• Geneva Henry
• Genny Jon
• Geoff Harder
• Georgiana McReynolds
• Gerald R. Beasley
• Ginny Steel
• Glen Worthey
• Grace Barth
• Grace Kindeke
• Graeme Slaght
• Graham Hukill
• Greer Martin
• Greg Eow
• Greg Murray
• Greg Smith
• Greg Wiedeman
• Gwen Bird
• Hannah Frost
• Hardy Joseph Pottinger IV
• Heather Coates
• Heather Greer Klein
• Heather Joseph
• Heather Joseph
• Heather Soyka
• Heather Yager
• Hector Correa
• Heidy Berthoud
• Helen Bailey
• Helen Szigeti
• Helene Williams
• Hillel Arnold
• Hugh Cayless
• Ian Clark
• Ian Hardy
• Ian Knabe
• Ian Milligan
• J. Matthew Huculak
• Jack Reed
• Jacob Berg
• Jacob Zaborowski
• Jaime Taylor
• James C. Davis
• James Neal
• Jamie Folsom
• Jamie Little
• Janet Carleton
• Jason Casden
• Jason Griffey
• Jason Heppler
• Jason Rhody
• Jason Ronallo
• Jay Luker
• jean amaral
• Jeanine Finn
• Jeff Sabol
• Jeffrey Spies
• Jen Green
• Jen Waller
• Jenifer Smith Holman
• Jenn Colt
• Jenn Riley
• Jennie Rose Halperin
• Jennifer B. Young
• Jennifer Bowen
• Jennifer Garrett
• Jennifer Hendzlik
• Jennifer Vinopal
• Jer Thorp
• Jere Odell
• Jeremy Nelson
• Jerry Waller
• Jessamyn West
• Jesse Martinez
• Jessica Hilt
• Jessica Moran
• Jessica R. Olin
• Jessica Schomberg
• Jill Cirasella
• Jill Sodt
• Jim DelRosso
• Joachim Neubert
• Joan K. Lippincott
• Joanna DiPasquale
• Joanne Paterson
• Joe Carrano
• Joe Lucia
• Joe Montibello
• John Daniel
• John Dupuis
• John Fink
• John Huck
• John Jung
• John Little
• John Mark Ockerbloom
• John Mignault
• John Quentin Heywood
• John T. Butler
• Johnathan Martin
• Jolie O. Graybill
• Jon Stroop
• Jonah Magar
• Jonathan Kift
• Jonathan Rochkind
• Jonathan Zittrain
• Jordan Hale
• Joseph Koivisto
• Joseph McArthur
• Joseph Salem
• Josh Hall
• Joshua Ethan Sanchez
• Joshua Neds-Fox
• Juan Pablo Alperin
• Judith Gallagher
• Judy Ruttenberg
• Julia Lanigan
• Julie C. Swierczek
• Julie Goldman
• Julie Hannaford
• Julie Hardesty
• Julie Sweetkind-Singer
• Julien A. Raemy
• Justin Coyne
• Justin Littman
• Justin Schell
• K. G. Schneider, Ph.D.
• Kaitlin Newson
• Karen Estlund
• Kari Smith
• Karl-Rainer Blumenthal
• Karla Strieb
• Kat Hagedorn
• Kate Flynn
• Kate Joranson
• Kate Simpson
• Katharine Dunn
• Katherine Deibel
• Katherine Kim
• Katherine Skinner
• Kathleen Fitzpatrick
• Kathleen M. Haley
• Kathleen Reed
• Katie Gillespie
• Katina Rogers
• Kaylyn Groves
• Keith Engwall
• Keith Gilbertson
• Keith Glavash
• Keith Webster
• Kelcy Shepherd
• Kelly Bolding
• Kelly Kietur
• Ken Burhanna
• Kendra K. Levine
• Kerri Willette
• Kevin Butterfield
• Kevin Clair
• Kevin Cloud
• Kevin Reiss
• Kevin S. Clarke
• Kevin S. Hawkins
• Kevin Sanders
• Kevin Woolley
• Kim Martin
• Kim Pham
• Kimberly Chapman
• Kimberly M. Hoffman
• Kimberly Silk
• Krista Godfrey
• Krista L. Cox
• Kristen Hogan
• Kristen Mapes
• Kristen Ratan
• Kristi Park
• Kristin Lee
• Kristina Spurgin
• Kurt Nordstrom
• Kyle R. Rimkus
• Kyle Shockey
• Lane Wilkinson
• Larry Alford
• Laura C. Wood
• Laura Carscaddon
• Laura Koltutsky
• Laura Miller
• Laura Smart
• Laura Wrubel
• Lauren B. Collister
• Lauren Di Monte
• Lauren E. Fox
• Lauren Klein
• Laurie Taylor
• Lea Iadarola
• Leah Vanderjagt
• Lee Konrad
• Linda Ballinger
• Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
• Lisa Marie Rhody
• Lisa Martincik
• Lisa Schiff
• Liz C. Phillips
• Logan Cox
• Lora J. Woodford
• Lorraine J. Haricombe
• M. G. Maloney, MLIS
• M. Taormina
• Maggie Dickson
• Maggie Schreiner
• Mairéad Martin
• Mara Sedlins
• Marc d'Avernas
• Marcus Banks
• Mark A. Matienzo
• Mark A. Matney, Jr.
• Mark A. Puente
• Mark Baggett
• Mark Bussey
• Mark Jordan
• Mark Phillips
• Martin Paul Eve
• Maureen Walsh
• Mary Beth Lock
• Mary Case
• Mary Jinglewski
• Mary Molinaro
• Matt Bernhardt
• Matt Calsada
• Matt Carruthers
• Matt Gold
• Matt Upson
• Matt Zumwalt
• Matthew Barnett
• Matthew Noe
• Matthew Reidsma
• Matthew Sheehy
• Mattie Schraeder
• Maura Smale
• May Yan
• Megan A. Brooks
• Megan Kudzia
• Melanie Schlosser
• Melissa Cardenas-Dow
• Melissa Wisner
• Meredith Broadway
• Michael B. Klein
• Michael Berkowski
• Michael Della Bitta
• Michael J. Giarlo
• Michael Sholinbeck
• Michael Toler
• Michelle Baildon
• Michelle Bass
• Michèle Spieler
• Mike Furlough
• Mike Osterman
• Mike Rylander
• Mike Simpson
• Mike Waugh
• Miriam Posner
• Misty De Meo
• Mitchell Roe
• Moira Downey
• Molly Keener
• Monica McCormick
• Najko Jahn
• Nancy E. Adams
• Nancy Y. McGovern
• Naomi Dushay
• Naomi House
• Natalie DeJonghe
• Nate Hill
• Netanel Ganin
• Nicholas Schiller
• Nicholas Taylor
• Nick Ruest
• Nick Shockey
• Nicky Agate
• Nicky Andrews
• Nicole Johnson
• Nicole Radziwill
• Norda Bell
• Owen Stephens
• Paige Morgan
• Pam Ryan
• Pat Tully
• Patricia Flanagan
• Patricia Hswe
• Patrick Galligan
• Patrick Murray-John
• Paul Wester
• Peter Binkley
• Peter E. Murray
• Peter Herdrich
• Philip N. Cohen
• Prudence S. Adler
• R. David Lankes
• Rachel Donahue
• Rachel Frick
• Rachel Leach
• Rachel Mattson
• Rachelle Nelson
• Randy Stern
• Ranti Junus
• Raym Crow
• Rebecca Cremona
• Rebecca Fraimow
• Rebecca Hirsch (Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee)
• Rebecca Kennison
• Rebecca Larocque
• Rebekah Kati
• Richard Higgins
• Richard Rodgers
• Rob Sanderson
• Robert Cartolano
• Robert H. McDonald
• Rochelle Mazar
• Rogan Hamby
• Ron Nakao
• Ron Peterson (Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee)
• Roopika Risam
• Roxanne Shirazi
• Roy Tennant
• Ruth Ann Jones
• Ruth Kitchin Tillman (Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee)
• Ryan Claringbole
• Ryan Clement
• Ryan Cordell
• Ryan Merkley
• Ryan P. Randall
• Ryan Regier
• Ryan Wick
• SJ Klein
• Sam Popowich
• Samantha Abrams
• Samuel Hansen
• Samuel R. Putnam
• Sandra Sawchuk
• Sandy Rodriguez
• Sara Allain
• Sarah Glassmeyer
• Sarah Lester
• Sarah Melton
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• Sarah Romkey
• Sarah Schwettmann
• Sarah Shreeves
• Sarah Simpkin
• Sarah Stang
• Sarah Thomas
• Sarah Walden McGowan
• Sarav Shah
• Saskia Scheltjens
• Scott Bailey
• Scott Carlson
• Scott Martin
• Scott Prater
• Scott W. H. Young
• Scott Warren
• Scott Ziegler
• Scout Calvert, PhD.
• Sean Luyk
• Shana L. McDanold
• Shannon Hunt
• Shannon K. Supple
• Shari Laster
• Sharon E. Farb
• Sharon Farnel
• Shaun Ellis
• Shawn P. Calhoun
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