ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 376 / C&RL News ■ M arch 2001 F a s A n n t V i l e s Facts Presidential e-mail T he N ational A rchives a n d R ecords A dm inistration is trying to ca p tu re an d p re ­ serve all governm ent-related records created in electronic form during the Clinton presidency. T he m o st critical d atab a ses, including m o re th a n 40 m illion e-m ail m essages, will b e d u p licated a n d m a d e available from the C linton Presidential Library in Little Rock. (J e n n ife r Lee, " A r c h iv in g D ig ita l Records fr o m th e W h ite H o u s e ," N ew York Times, Jan. 25, 2 001: G3. LEXIS­ NEXIS A c a d e m ic U n ive rse . Feb. 2, 2 001) Doctorates degrees conferred T he 1999 Survey o f E arned D octorates (SED) rep o rts a 3.6 p e rc e n t decline in th e n u m b e r o f c o n ferred research d o cto rates in th e U nited States for th e 1998- 99 acad em ic year, th e first declin e in 14 years. T he SED survey sh o w s th e n u m b e r o f d o cto rates in library scien ce increasing slightly b e tw e e n 1998 a n d 1999 from 34 to 39, still significantly lo w er th a n th e 1989 total o f 60. (A. S an d erso n , B. D u g o n i, T. H o ffe r, a n d S. M ye rs, D o ctorate Recipients fro m U n ited States Universities: Sum­ m ary R eport 1999 ('C hicago: N a tio n a l O p in io n Research C e nte r, 2 00 0). h ttp ://w w w .n o rc .u c h ic a g o .e d u /s tu d ie s / sed/sed 1 9 9 9 .h tm . Feb. 2, 2001) T he latest ed itio n o f th e D ep artm en t o f E d u catio n ’s Digest o f Education Statistics rep o rts a 22 p e rc e n t increase in th e total n u m b e r o f d o cto rates from 1988-89 to 1997-98, w h ile th e n u m b e r o f ea rn e d d e g re e s in library science d ro p p e d b y 21 p e rc e n t from 61 in 1988-89 to 48 in 1997-98. (U.S. D e p a rtm e n t o f E d u c a tio n . N a tio n a l C e n te r f o r E d u c a tio n Statistics, Digest o f Education Statistics, 2000, NCES 200 1-03 4 , b y T h o m a s D. S nyd e r a n d C h a rle n e M . H o ffm a n . W a s h in g to n , D.C.: 2 001. h ttp ://n c e s .e d .g o v / p u b s e a rc h /p u b s in fo .a s p ? p u b id = 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 ) Undergraduate citations less scholarly A bibliom etric stu d y o f u n d e rg ra d u a te p a p e rs in m icroeconom ics fo u n d a sig­ nificant decrease in th e n u m b e r o f scholarly reso u rces cited b e tw e e n 1996 an d 1999. “B ook citations d e c re a se d from 30% to 19%, n e w sp a p e r citations increased from 7% to 19%, a n d W eb citations in c re a se d from 9% to 21%.” (P h ilip M . Davis a n d S uza n ne A . C o h e n , "T h e E ffe c t o f t h e W e b o n U n d e rg ra d u a te C ita tio n B e h a v io r 1 9 9 6 - 1 9 9 9 ," p r e p r in t o f an a rtic le a c c e p te d f o r p u b lic a tio n in t h e Journal o f the Am erican Society fo r Info rm a tio n Science (JASIS). h ttp ://p e o p le .c o rn e ll.e d u /p a g e s /p m d 8 /. Feb. 2, 2 001) Em ploym ent outlook fo r librarians A p ro jected 5 p e rc e n t g ro w th rate a n d a w av e o f retirem ents b y e x p e rie n c e d librarians is e x p e c te d to create “39,000 job o p e n in g s for n e w librarians b e tw e e n 1998 a n d 2008.” M ost o f th e n e w p o sitio n s w ill b e in b u sin ess settings, w h ich are p ro jected to in crease b y 87% b e tw e e n 1998 a n d 2008. T h e n u m b e r o f p o si­ tions for librarians in ed u catio n al institutions is e x p e c te d to rem ain stead y d u r­ ing this period. (O livia Crosby, "L ib ra ria n s : In fo rm a tio n Experts in t h e In fo rm a tio n A g e ," O ccupational O utlook Q uarterly Online, 4 4 ( W in te r 2 0 0 0 -0 1 ). h ttp ://s ta ts .b ls .g o v /o p u b /o o q /o o q h o m e .h tm . Feb. 2, 2 001) Library buildings T h e D e c e m b e r 2000 issue o f Library Journal re p o rte d 241 p u b lic library b u ild ­ ing projects costing a total o f m ore th a n $632.5 m illion d u rin g 1999-2000, as w ell as 30 academ ic library projects. T h e cost p e r sq u are fo o t in te n n e w aca­ d em ic buildings ra n g e d from $76.92 to $290.00. ( B e tte -L e e Fox, " L ib r a r y B u ild in g s 2 0 0 0 : S tr e n g th in N u m b e r s ," L ib ra ry J o u rn a l D ig ita l. h t t p : / / w w w . Iib ra ry jo u r n a l.c o m /a rc h ite c tu re 2 0 0 0 /. Feb. 2, 2 001) A n n Viles is c o o rd in a to r o f reference a n d instructio n a t A p p ala chia n State University in Boone, N o rth Carolina, e-mail: vilesea@conrad.appstate.edu http://www.norc.uchicago.edu/studies/ http://nces.ed.gov/ http://people.cornell.edu/pages/pmd8/ http://stats.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm http://www mailto:vilesea@conrad.appstate.edu