Robert Lopresti (Western Libraries) is the recipient of the 2018 Lane/Saunders Award
The Margaret T. Lane/Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award is presented by the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association for excellence in scholarship related to government information.
The awards committee said:
“Digging back into the history of how women have been represented or completely missing in U.S. government data collections since the late 1700s, Lopresti has revealed how this inaccurate data has affected women, men, and all of American society. The book challenges readers to reexamine their understanding of data collection methodologies and to think more deeply about biases and weaknesses in these methodologies as they have changed throughout the history of the U.S. and its perception of women. The Awards Committee was impressed with the sheer number of government reports, documents, and statistical information consulted as well as the variety of federal agencies examined. The book is of critical importance at a time when data is valued so highly in decision-making and policy.”
More information about the book is available at http://www.whenwomendidntcount.com/