US ARL University Libraries · 73 Table 35: Number and Average Years of Experience of Minority US ARL University Librarians by Position and Sex, FY 2012–2013 Women Men Total Position Years No. Years No. Years No. Director 24.8 4 46.0 2 31.8 6 Associate Director 25.6 17 22.9 9 24.7 26 Assistant Director 26.1 8 20.2 6 23.6 14 Head, Branch 19.8 23 24.4 11 21.3 34 Administrative Specialist 16.4 53 17.5 17 16.7 70 Digital Specialist 11.7 64 12.5 92 12.2 156 Functional Specialist 11.3 71 13.6 30 12.0 101 Subject Specialist 14.9 173 15.2 63 15.0 236 Dept. Head Acquisitions 15.0 9 5.0 1 14.0 10 Research/Reference/Information or Learning Commons 20.8 11 12.0 1 20.1 12 Cataloging 18.4 21 22.0 3 18.9 24 Circulation 15.4 5 16.2 6 15.8 11 Rare Books/Manuscripts/Special Collections 23.1 7 23.1 7 Library Technology 15.4 5 14.6 9 14.9 14 Other Department Heads 24.3 39 20.0 22 22.8 61 Public Services 12.4 21 15.3 4 12.9 25 Technical Services 10.3 20 4.3 6 8.9 26 Research/Reference/Instruction 13.1 86 14.9 26 13.5 112 Cataloger/Metadata Analysts 16.2 84 14.2 19 15.8 103 All Positions: 15.5 721 15.3 327 15.4 1,048 Excludes Canadian libraries. Excludes medical and law libraries.