47 TABLE 24: YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF ARL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS BY POSITION AND SIZE OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, FY 2005-06* Staff Over 110 (10)† Staff 75-110 (23) Staff 50-74 (43) Staff 24-49 (37)‡ Position Years No. Years No. Years No. Years No. Director 31.8 10 31.4 22 31.5 43 30.9 37 Associate Director 25.5 48 24.5 53 24.4 76 25.6 73 Assistant Director 22.3 29 23.8 50 23.1 81 26.4 31 Head, Branch 22.3 132 22.5 137 20.9 164 23.2 98 Functional Specialist 12.9 436 13.4 491 12.6 528 13.4 234 Subject Specialist 16.8 245 17.2 268 18.0 343 17.9 119 Dept. Head: Acquisitions 24.8 18 22.9 22 20.5 32 23.1 34 Reference 22.9 21 21.1 26 20.6 43 21.5 35 Cataloging 22.3 48 23.1 48 21.2 54 22.5 41 Serials 15.4 5 24.3 8 18.2 16 22.3 9 Documents/Maps 24.0 12 22.8 22 19.3 32 16.2 23 Circulation 19.5 15 14.8 31 16.8 35 20.4 20 Rare Books/Manuscripts 24.9 7 23.3 18 24.7 28 20.8 29 Computer Systems 25.0 7 18.4 23 17.1 30 19.4 24 Other 20.1 108 20.5 182 17.8 224 19.5 122 Reference: Over 14 years experience 25.1 94 25.5 187 24.4 194 24.5 178 10 to 14 years experience 12.0 34 11.8 60 11.9 70 12.1 56 5 to 9 years experience 6.5 58 6.7 70 6.8 100 6.8 68 Under 5 years experience 2.7 38 2.4 91 2.4 114 2.3 80 Cataloging: Over 14 years experience 25.9 108 25.2 119 26.4 138 24.6 58 10 to 14 years experience 12.1 17 11.9 36 11.9 27 12.1 19 5 to 9 years experience 6.4 38 6.7 29 6.8 31 7.0 12 Under 5 years experience 2.3 36 2.2 20 2.4 36 2.9 27 Other: Over 14 years experience 25.6 60 24.4 66 25.3 82 23.6 30 10 to 14 years experience 11.6 16 11.2 21 11.9 19 12.4 13 5 to 9 years experience 6.5 40 6.4 33 6.8 33 6.8 14 Under 5 years experience 2.2 34 2.4 40 2.4 27 2.5 24 All Positions 16.7 1,714 17.2 2,173 16.9 2,600 17.8 1,509 * Excludes medical and law libraries. ( ) Indicates the number of ARL libraries in each category. In 1995-96 and earlier, the first column of this table reported staff over 124 in 1996-98, over 120 in 1998-99, over 115 and since 1999-2000, over 110. No ARL library has fewer than 21 professional staff members.
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