Gende inequali ies in
Lib a y and In o ma ion
Science (LIS)
GEDIS - Gende Di e si y in In o ma ion Science: Challenges in Highe Educa ion. h ps://ub.edu/gedis
This open educa ional esou ce (OER) explo es pe sis en gende inequali ies in
he ield o lib a y and in o ma ion science (LIS) and p esen s inno a i e
app oaches o p omo ing inclusion, di e si y, and equal oppo uni ies. The aim is
o encou age c i ical hinking abou he sys emic ba ie s ha women in
pa icula encoun e in LIS.
Ta ge Audience:
uni e si y eache s,
uni e si y s uden s
4. Sou ces
GEDIS p ojec con ex
Co- unded by he Eu opean Union. The iews and opinions exp essed a e solely hose o he au ho (s) and do no
necessa ily e lec hose o he Eu opean Union o he Spanish Se ice o he In e na ionalisa ion o Educa ion
(SEPIE). Nei he he EU no he g an ing au ho i y can be held esponsible.
This esou ce is pa o he Eu opean p ojec GEDIS (Gende Di e si y in In o ma ion Science), which p omo es open
educa ional ools o ackle gende inequali ies in highe educa ion, wi h an emphasis on disciplines ela ed o In o ma ion
and Lib a y Science.
Ci a ion: Domb o ská, Michaela, Magdaléna Lapúniko á and Juan-José Bo é-Ve icad. 2025. Gende o é ne o nos i
kniho nic í a in o mační ědě (LIS). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17307805. Gende inequali ies in lib a y and in o ma ion
science (LIS). T ansla ion: Michaela Domb o ská a Magdaléna Lapúniko á. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17307870
1. Gende Inequali ies in LIS
Al hough he LIS ield is conside ed a emale domain, men disp opo iona ely hold
highe -s a us managemen posi ions and ecei e highe sala ies. S udies show
ha men domina e in e ms o he numbe o publica ions and in he posi ion o
lead au ho . Pe sis en sys emic ba ie s limi women's ca ee g ow h, despi e
hei nume ical supe io i y in s udy p og ams.
2. Key A eas o Inequali y
3. Re lec ion and Discussion
1.Wha a e he main causes o gende inequali y in he LIS ield, despi e he
ac ha women p edomina e in s udy p og ams?
2.How could women be suppo ed o a ain highe leade ship posi ions and
g ea e isibili y in scien i ic esea ch?
3.Wha speci ic s eps could you ins i u ion ake o implemen equal
oppo uni ies in ec ui men , pay, and ca ee ad ancemen ?
4.How can pedagogical inno a ions (such as he GEDIS p ojec ) be used o
p omo e gende li e acy and dis up s e eo ypes in LIS eaching?
Choji, T. Cobo, M., Mo al-Munoz, J. (2024). Is he scien i ic impac o he LIS hemes gende -biased? A
bibliome ic analysis o he e olu ion, scien i ic impac , and ela i e con ibu ion by gende om 2007
o 2022. Scien ome ics, olume 129, pp 6023–6047. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-024-05005-3
D’Alessio, V. (2025). The a o inclusion: EU mo es o empowe gi ls in science. The Ho izon Magazine
(online), 11. 2. 2025. h ps://p ojec s. esea ch-and-inno a ion.ec.eu opa.eu/en/ho izon-magazine/a -
inclusion-eu-mo es-empowe -gi ls-science
Villa oya, A., Bo é-Ve icad, J.-J. (2023). The gende and LGBTQ pe spec i es in lib a y and
in o ma ion science: A case s udy a he Uni e si y o Ba celona. Lib a y & In o ma ion Science
Resea ch, olume 45, issue 2. DOI: 10.1016/j.lis .2023.101238
Resea ch and
publica ions
Men publish mo e
equen ly, ha e highe
scien i ic p oduc i i y,
and hold mo e
leade ship oles in
academia, including in
LIS.
P o essions and oles EU con ex
Men a e mo e likely
o hold leade ship
posi ions, pa icula ly
hose ela ed o
echnology and
STEM.
Repo s such as She
Figu es and o he EU
ini ia i es highligh he
pe sis en gende gap in
academia and he need
o sys emic change o
p omo e equali y,
di e si y, and inclusion.
