Salary Survey Trends 2009–2010 · 9 Minority professional staff in US ARL university libraries continue to be disproportionately distributed across the country. Using Figure 1, 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 most underrepresented in the East South Central, New England, and Mountain regions (see page 51 for a definition of the regions). Proportionately to other regions, there are more minorities in the Pacific, South Atlantic, and West South Central. Figure 2: Minority Professionals by Region in US ARL University Libraries, FY 2009–2010 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 62 69 25 127 25 35 9 29 416 32% Hispanic 23 41 31 11 38 5 41 20 43 253 20% Asian 76 105 57 30 83 8 37 17 170 583 45% AI/AN* 3 3 24 4 2 2 6 44 3% Minority Total 137 211 181 70 250 38 115 52 242 1,296 100% Minority Percent 10.60% 16.30% 14.00% 5.40% 19.30% 2.90% 8.90% 4.00% 18.70% Nonminority Total 1,177 1,257 1,371 537 1,224 371 592 445 841 7,815 100% Nonminority Percent 15.10% 16.10% 17.50% 6.90% 15.70% 4.70% 7.60% 5.70% 10.80% Regional Percent Total staff 14.40% 16.10% 17.00% 6.70% 16.20% 4.50% 7.80% 5.50% 11.90% Proportional Minority Representation -29.80% 1.24% -20.00% -21.74% 22.93% -38.30% 17.11% -29.82% 73.15% * 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, emphasizes ARL’s 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