ARL University Libraries · 49 TABLE 24: YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF ARL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS BY POSITION AND SIZE OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, FY 2007–2008* Staff Over 110 (16)† Staff 75–110 (21) Staff 50–74 (46) Staff 24–49(30)‡ Position Years No. Years No. Years No. Years No. Director 32.8 16 28.5 21 32.3 44 33.6 30 Associate Director 26.9 57 23.7 68 24.5 101 24.6 59 Assistant Director 24.0 45 22.4 47 24.5 69 26.2 21 Head, Branch 23.0 161 21.4 90 21.5 171 21.7 82 Functional Specialist 12.6 721 14.3 464 13.0 557 13.8 221 Subject Specialist 16.8 347 16.0 295 17.0 335 15.8 97 Dept. Head: Acquisitions 24.1 18 24.0 20 17.4 37 19.8 30 Reference 23.5 31 18.8 15 20.0 40 19.2 26 Cataloging 23.8 60 22.9 29 23.0 53 22.8 21 Serials 24.4 11 14.5 4 17.3 12 24.9 7 Documents/Maps 22.6 22 19.9 12 18.9 24 18.0 15 Circulation 21.0 24 17.4 21 19.4 35 21.8 14 Rare Books/Manuscripts 25.2 17 22.8 13 22.3 33 23.6 25 Computer Systems 22.1 8 19.6 18 17.1 36 20.3 16 Other 21.1 159 19.7 134 18.9 233 20.6 78 Reference: Over 14 years experience 25.3 145 24.7 120 24.7 230 24.8 140 10 to 14 years experience 11.8 45 11.8 37 11.9 84 11.9 36 5 to 9 years experience 6.9 82 6.6 63 7.0 114 7.0 59 Under 5 years experience 2.8 45 2.4 62 2.1 121 2.4 62 Cataloging: Over 14 years experience 26.1 165 26.6 87 26.6 129 25.2 42 10 to 14 years experience 12.1 23 12.0 24 11.9 27 12.3 11 5 to 9 years experience 7.0 56 6.9 28 6.9 35 6.9 15 Under 5 years experience 2.4 60 2.7 20 2.3 38 1.8 13 Other: Over 14 years experience 25.8 92 23.9 53 25.7 78 24.8 26 10 to 14 years experience 11.6 26 12.2 29 12.0 21 12.0 7 5 to 9 years experience 6.9 50 7.0 44 7.1 41 6.5 15 Under 5 years experience 2.2 45 2.2 29 2.0 57 2.8 9 All Positions 16.9 2,531 16.6 1,847 16.9 2,755 17.7 1,177 * Excludes medical and law libraries. ( ) Indicates the number of ARL libraries in each category. † In 1995–1996 and earlier, the first column of this table reported staff over 124 in 1996–1998, over 120 in 1998–1999, over 115 and since 1999- 2000, over 110. ‡ No ARL library has fewer than 21 professional staff members.