Salary Survey Trends 2008–2009 · 9 Minority professional staff in US ARL university libraries continues to be disproportionately distributed across the country. Using Figure 2, we can compare the number of minority staff with other staff, region by region. These patterns of distribution have been relatively stable for the entire history of ARL’s data-collection experience. Minorities are underrepresented over 36% in the East South Central and by more than 25% in the New England, West North Central and Mountain regions (see Table 25 for a definition of the regions). Proportionately to other regions, there are more minorities in the South Atlantic, West South Central, and Pacific regions.) Figure 2: Minority Professionals by Region in US ARL University Libraries, 2008–2009 New England Middle Atlantic East North Central West North Central South Atlantic East South Central West South Central Mountain Pacific TOTAL % Race/Ethnicity Category Black 35 61 95 24 118 23 33 9 30 428 33% Hispanic 26 41 22 11 44 4 39 25 44 256 20% Asian 75 99 68 27 83 10 37 17 164 580 45% AI/AN* 4 2 3 3 5 1 2 5 25 2% Minority Total 140 203 188 65 250 38 111 56 238 1,289 100% Minority Percent 10.86% 15.74% 14.58% 5.04% 19.39% 2.95% 8.61% 4.34% 18.46% Nonminority Total 1,171 1,250 1,398 535 1,256 366 583 464 846 7,869 100% Nonminority Percent 14.88% 15.88% 17.76% 6.79% 15.96% 4.65% 7.40% 5.89% 10.75% Regional Percent Total staff 14.31% 15.86% 17.31% 6.55% 16.44% 4.41% 7.57% 5.67% 11.83% Proportional Minority Representation -27.02% -0.88% -17.91% -25.77% 21.49% -36.56% 16.35% -26.32% 71.72% * American Indian/Alaskan Native ARL recognizes the difficulties that the profession has in attracting a diverse workforce and continues to work actively in the development of workplace climates that embrace diversity. The ARL Diversity Program, through its Leadership and Career Development Program and the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce,