During the 1998-1999 year the Women's Studies Interest Group held three programs.

American Textile History Museum, Lowell, October 2, 1998.

On October 2, 1998, twenty-one librarians toured Lowell's American Textile History Museum Library. Librarian Clare Sheridan gave a behind-the-scenes tour of the Osborne Library's book, manuscript, and image collections, and showed us some of the three-dimensional collections (including textiles and clothing). We also saw inside the Textile Conservation Center, a non-profit regional conservation center and department of the Museum.

 

Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, January 15, 1999.

Miserable January 15th weather dampened the feet but not the enthusiasm of eight members of the ACRL/NEC Women's Studies Interest Group who met at the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe College. WSIG co-founder and Public Service Librarian Wendy Thomas gave us a tour of the library, which began in 1943 with the donation of a collection on the suffrage movement. Today, the premier women's history library in the United States houses more than 2,000 manuscript collections, including personal and family papers and records of women's organizations.

Management Style: Do Men and Women Differ (Joint BLIG-WSIG Program) , Boston University, April 23, 1999.

On April 23, the Business Librarians Interest Group and the Women's Studies Interest Group held a joint meeting at the Boston University School of Management on the topic: Management Style: Do Men and Women Differ. The speakers, Dr. Gary Powell of the University of Connecticut, and Dr. Francine Hall, of the University of New Hampshire, differed in the styles and contents of their presentations in informative and agreeable ways. Dr. Powell presented the findings of his research on the glass ceiling. Dr. Hall spoke about Janusian leadership, the ability to hold two opposing perspectives at one time, within the context of the workplace. There was a general discussion about how much, or how little, gender socialization has changed over the years and the effect these changes are having on family life.

The distribution list maintained by Christina Smith includes 80 names. During the past year, events were announced on the distribution list and on the BLC list, as well as in the ACRL/NEC newsletter and calendar. The three co-chairs, Christina Bellinger, Sarah Mitchell, and Christina Smith will continue as co-chairs in the coming year. We welcome ideas and input from the ACRL/NEC board for future programming, and invitations to your campuses.

Christina Bellinger (University of New Hampshire), co-chair

Sarah Mitchell (MIT), co-chair

Christina Smith (Boston University), co-chair

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