47 TABLE 22: YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF ARL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS BY POSITION AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION, FY 2006-07* Canadian (14) Private (31) Public (68) Total (113) Position Years No. Years No. Years No. Years No. Director 29.7 14 31.8 31 32.3 67 31.9 112 Associate Director 23.2 31 25.6 85 25.1 144 25.0 260 Assistant Director 19.1 15 24.6 64 23.6 104 23.6 183 Head, Branch 22.8 59 22.7 137 22.1 313 22.4 509 Functional Specialist 14.9 129 13.5 618 12.6 1,005 13.1 1,752 Subject Specialist 17.6 78 17.3 359 17.2 587 17.2 1,024 Dept. Head: Acquisitions 21.9 11 24.7 38 20.1 56 21.9 105 Reference 18.1 16 22.5 50 20.7 63 21.1 129 Cataloging 26.5 12 22.6 73 23.0 89 23.1 174 Serials 22.7 3 18.7 9 20.6 21 20.2 33 Documents/Maps 23.9 8 18.4 16 19.8 45 20.0 69 Circulation 18.7 15 18.5 30 18.3 54 18.4 99 Rare Books/Manuscripts 28.3 6 22.8 24 25.0 53 24.6 83 Computer Systems 23.6 7 16.7 31 17.6 40 17.8 78 Other 19.4 55 19.5 194 19.7 381 19.6 630 Reference: Over 14 years experience 25.2 114 25.3 173 24.8 367 25.0 654 10 to 14 years experience 12.0 26 11.6 54 11.9 130 11.8 210 5 to 9 years experience 6.3 67 6.7 81 6.7 183 6.6 331 Under 5 years experience 2.4 68 2.4 54 2.3 190 2.3 312 Cataloging: Over 14 years experience 27.7 43 25.8 163 25.8 218 26.0 424 10 to 14 years experience 11.7 7 12.5 33 12.1 51 12.2 91 5 to 9 years experience 6.4 10 6.8 68 6.8 60 6.7 138 Under 5 years experience 2.7 6 2.6 45 2.3 63 2.4 114 Other: Over 14 years experience 23.8 10 24.1 103 25.5 144 24.8 257 10 to 14 years experience 10.8 5 11.9 31 11.8 41 11.8 77 5 to 9 years experience 7.0 5 6.7 63 6.8 86 6.8 154 Under 5 years experience 3.0 8 2.2 42 2.1 91 2.2 141 All Positions 17.3 828 17.3 2,669 16.9 4,647 17.1 8,144 * Excludes medical and law libraries. ( ) Indicates the number of ARL libraries in each category.