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E-mail archives 
At the end of the current eight­year U.S. presidency, the White House is expected 
to submit more than 100 million e­mail messages to the National Archives. Presi­
dent Clinton’s White House submitted only 32 million by the end of his term. 
According to Kenneth Thibodeau, director of the Electronic Records Archives 
Program, the growth in electronic records has been about 100 times greater 
than the increase in paper records over the last decade. “The Archives recently 
awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a $308 million, six­year contract to work on 
creating a system for saving and accessing electronic data over time.” 
Anne Marie Squeo, “Oh, has Uncle Sam got mail,” Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2005; Page B1. online.wsj.com/ 
public/article/SB113581938626033499.html. December 29, 2005 

Doctorates and work 
Among doctorate holders, in households with children, women declared 
shorter work weeks than did men who had the same number of children. In 
households with no children, women and men work equal numbers of hours. 
Educators averaged 50.6 hours of work for the week, while those in industry 
averaged 47.6 hours. Biologists and agricultural scientists work the most hours, 
averaging 50.53 hours, while those in the social sciences reported an average 
48.8 hour work week. 
Thomas B. Hoffer and Karen Grigorian, “All In a Week’s Work: Workweeks of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers,” 
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. NSF 06-302, December 2005 www.nsf.gov 
/statistics/infbrief/nsf06302/. January 3, 2006 

Federal spending in academe 
Federal funds for nonmilitary research will rise slightly, according to the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science, but probably not enough to keep 
up with the rate of inflation. Spending for most federal programs that support 
academic research will fall, in real terms, compared with 2005. Several student­
aid programs will also get their largest reductions since 1982. The maximum Pell 

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Gary Pattillo is reference librarian at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, e-mail: pattillo@refstaff. 

Grant award will remain the same, at $4,050, for the fourth year in a row. 
Jeffrey Brainard, “Federal Spending: Academe Faces First Real Cuts in 2 Decades,” Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume 
52, Issue 18, Page A10. January 6, 2006. chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i18/18a01001.htm. January 6, 2006 

Baby boomer projections 
In 2006, 7,918 Americans will turn 60 each day, according to projections. That 
amounts to 330 every hour. In 2030, 57.8 million baby boomers will be alive, 
54.9 percent of whom will be female. That year, boomers would be between 
the ages of 66 and 84. 
U.S. Interim Projections by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin,” U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Population 
Projections Branch. www.census.gov/ipc/www/usinterimproj/. December 30, 2005 

Green campuses 
“Nationwide, more than 110 colleges have built or are building structures certifi ed 
by the United States Green Building Council, a nonprofit group that promotes 
construction and designs that meet high standards of energy effi ciency.” New 
“green” buildings are saving colleges up to 40 percent in electricity costs. 
Timothy Egan, “The Greening of America’s Campuses,” New York Times, Education Life Supplement; Pg. 20, January 8, 
2006. www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/education/edlife/egan_environment.html. January 8, 2006 

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