ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


58 / C&RL News ■ January 2004

W om en o u tp a ce  m en in A m e ric a n  d o cto ra te s
For the first time, m ore American w om en than American m en earned doctor­
ates at U.S. universities in 2002. W om en account for 51 percent of American 
Ph.D.s. The total num ber of doctorates aw arded is on the decline, with 39,955 
aw arded in the 2001-2002 academ ic year; this is the low est num ber since 
1993- Including international students in the total, w om en earned 45 percent 
of all doctorates granted in the United States. Men still outpace w om en in the 
physical sciences and engineering, earning 73 percent and 82 percent of the 
doctorates in those fields, respectively.
T. B. H offer, e t a t, "D o c to ra te  Recipients fro m  U n ite d  States Universities: Sum m ary R ep o rt 2002," Chicago: N ational 
O p in io n  Research Center, www .norc.org/issues/sed-2002.pdf. D ecem ber 5, 2003

O pen a ccess jo u rn a ls
The full texts of nearly 600 journals are accessible via the online Directory of 
O pen Access Journals. The service “covers free, full text, quality controlled 
scientific and scholarly journals.” The num ber of journals linked to the browsable 
and searchable directory continues to grow, so a “new  titles” list is continually 
updated. Lund University Libraries H ead Office hosts the directory.
D ire c to ry  o f  O p e n  Access Journ a ls, w w w .d o a j.o r g /. D e ce m b e r 1 ,2 0 03

T e c h n o lo g y  e lite
Sixty-nine percent of Americans are n o t part o f the “technology elite.” Accord­
ing to a study by the Pew  Internet & American Life Project, only 31 percent of 
the American population are high-end adopters of information and technol­
ogy goods. “Young Tech Elites,” averaging 22 years of age, are the heaviest 
users of new ly em erging technologies.
Jo hn  B. H o rrig a n , "C o n s u m p tio n  o f  In fo r m a tio n  G oods a n d  Services in th e  U n ite d  S tates." W a s h in g to n , D.C.: Pew 
In te r n e t & A m e ric a n  L ife  P ro je ct, w w w .p e w in te r n e t.o r g /r e p o r ts /to c .a sp ? R e p o rt= 1 0 3 . N o v e m b e r 23, 2003

S tu d e n t e n g a g e m e n t
Eighty-seven percent of American college students are happy with their col­
lege experience, rating it “g o o d ” or “excellent.” Unfortunately, 87 percent also 
report that their classmates sometim es copy information from the W eb into 
papers w ithout citing the source. Over two-fifths of all students earn mostly A’s 
w hile only three percent have a C grade average or lower. More than one-third 
of college seniors report only occasionally receiving prom pt feedback from 
faculty members.
N a tio n a l Survey o f  S tu d e n t E n g a g e m e n t: 2003 A n n u a l R ep o rt, w w w .iu b .e d u /~ n s s e /2 0 0 3 _ a n n u a l_ re p o rt/. D ecem ­
b e r 1,2003

In te rn e t m o v in g  im a g e  a rch iv e
The moving images collections at the Internet Archive include almost 2,000 
movie files of advertising, educational, industrial, and am ateur films m ade 
from 1927 through the present. This collection is m ade freely accessible to the 
public via the Internet and also includes hundreds of episodes of selected 
television and anim ation series. The Internet Archive also archives text and 
W eb pages. Its “W ayback M achine” contains over 300 terabytes of data and is 
currently growing at a rate of 12 terabytes p er month.
In te r n e t A rc h iv e : M o v in g  Im age A rc h iv e , w w w .a rc h iv e .o rg /m o v ie s /m o v ie s .p h p . D ece m b e r 1 ,2 0 03

Gary P a ttillo  is reference lib ra ria n  a t th e  U niversity o f  N o rth  C arolina-Chapel Hill, e-m ail: 
pattillo@refstaff.lib.unc.edu

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http://www.norc.org/issues/sed-2002.pdf
http://www.doaj.org/
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=103
http://www.iub.edu/~nsse/2003_annual_report/
http://www.archive.org/movies/movies.php
mailto:pattillo@refstaff.lib.unc.edu