45 TABLE 22: YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF ARL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS BY POSITION AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION, FY 2005-06* Canadian (14) Private (31) Public (68) Total (113) Position Years No. Years No. Years No. Years No. Director 30.9 14 31.7 31 31.3 67 31.3 112 Associate Director 23.0 32 26.1 74 24.8 144 25.0 250 Assistant Director 23.9 15 24.4 70 23.2 106 23.7 191 Head, Branch 22.2 58 22.2 148 22.0 325 22.1 531 Functional Specialist 14.6 124 13.4 579 12.6 986 13.0 1,689 Subject Specialist 17.7 81 17.0 362 17.7 532 17.4 975 Dept. Head: Acquisitions 23.3 12 22.7 39 22.3 55 22.6 106 Reference 17.1 14 23.0 49 21.0 62 21.3 125 Cataloging 23.3 15 21.9 80 22.3 96 22.2 191 Serials 22.5 4 20.6 11 19.4 23 20.1 38 Documents/Maps 22.9 8 20.3 23 19.5 58 20.0 89 Circulation 19.1 14 16.4 34 17.4 53 17.3 101 Rare Books/Manuscripts 26.0 7 20.6 26 23.9 49 23.0 82 Computer Systems 23.0 9 18.2 32 18.3 43 18.8 84 Other 18.4 56 19.7 202 19.3 378 19.3 636 Reference: Over 14 years experience 24.9 108 25.1 169 24.7 376 24.8 653 10 to 14 years experience 11.8 31 12.0 50 11.9 139 11.9 220 5 to 9 years experience 6.3 47 6.7 79 6.8 170 6.7 296 Under 5 years experience 2.2 64 2.9 49 2.4 210 2.4 323 Cataloging: Over 14 years experience 26.8 46 25.2 160 25.8 217 25.7 423 10 to 14 years experience 11.5 6 12.2 39 11.9 54 12.0 99 5 to 9 years experience 6.8 6 6.6 51 6.7 53 6.7 110 Under 5 years experience 2.4 9 2.5 48 2.4 62 2.4 119 Other: Over 14 years experience 25.3 16 24.1 89 25.4 133 24.9 238 10 to 14 years experience 12.3 6 11.6 25 11.7 38 11.7 69 5 to 9 years experience 6.4 10 6.7 43 6.5 67 6.6 120 Under 5 years experience 2.2 12 2.7 41 2.2 72 2.3 125 All Positions 17.4 824 17.4 2,603 16.9 4,569 17.1 7,996 * Excludes medical and law libraries. ( ) Indicates the number of ARL libraries in each category.