10 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2008–2009 emphasizes ARL and its members’ commitment to creating a diverse academic and research library community to better meet the new challenges of global competition and changing demographics. Further, the Diversity Program focuses on issues surrounding work relationships in libraries while considering the impact of diversity on library services, interactions with library users, and the development of collections, at its homepage, http:// www.arl.org/diversity/. Women comprise 69.1% of the four racial/ethnic groups that comprise minority staff, as compared to 62.8% of Caucasian/Other staff in all US ARL university libraries. The overall gender balance in the 113 Canadian and US university libraries (including law and medical) is 35.8% male and 64.2% female. See Figure 2, above, and Figure 3, below, for more detail on race/ethnic and gender distribution. Figure 3: Race/Ethnicity and Sex Distribution of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries, 2008–2009 United States Men Women Total Number of Staff Percent of Total Number of Staff Percent of Total Main 2,846 37.4% 4,754 62.6% 7,600 Medical 243 28.5% 610 71.5% 853 Law 237 33.6% 468 66.4% 705 Minority * 398 30.9% 891 69.1% 1,289 Nonminority 2,928 37.2% 4,941 62.8% 7,869 All 3,326 36.3% 5,832 63.7% 9,158 Canada Men Women Total Number of Staff Percent of Total Number of Staff Percent of Total Main 281 32.5% 583 67.5% 864 Medical 10 11.4% 78 88.6% 88 Law 12 31.6% 26 68.4% 38 All 303 30.6% 687 69.4% 990 United States and Canada (Combined) Men Women Total Number of Staff Percent of Total Number of Staff Percent of Total Main 3,127 36.9% 5,337 63.1% 8,464 Medical 253 26.9% 688 73.1% 941 Law 249 33.5% 494 66.5% 743 All 3,629 35.8% 6,519 64.2% 10,148 * Includes staff in medical and law libraries.