ARL University Libraries · 55 Table 20: Number and Average Years of Experience of ARL University Librarians by Position and Sex, FY 2014–2015 Women Men Total Position Years No. Years No. Years No. Director 32.7 65 33.6 47 33.1 112 Associate Director 26.9 189 24.7 134 26.0 323 Assistant Director 23.1 92 22.3 65 22.8 157 Head, Branch 21.9 259 22.4 120 22.1 379 Administrative Specialist 18.0 338 14.6 145 17.0 483 Digital Specialist 13.4 502 12.8 737 13.0 1,239 Functional Specialist 13.0 683 15.8 397 14.0 1,080 Subject Specialist 16.5 1,037 18.1 550 17.0 1,587 Dept. Head, Acquisitions 21.2 68 19.6 31 20.7 99 Dept. Head, Research/Reference/ Information or Learning Commons 19.3 97 20.0 40 19.5 137 Dept. Head, Cataloging 22.9 106 20.1 45 22.1 151 Dept. Head, Circulation 20.6 69 17.7 41 19.5 110 Dept. Head, Rare Books/ Manuscripts/Special Collections 20.7 51 23.2 53 22.0 104 Dept. Head, Library Technology 20.2 32 17.2 72 18.1 104 Dept. Head, Other 20.6 369 19.9 232 20.3 601 Public Services 13.0 149 13.6 68 13.2 217 Technical Services 16.0 87 13.9 31 15.4 118 Research/Reference/Instruction 15.3 613 16.0 221 15.5 834 Cataloger/Metadata Analysts 18.0 429 19.6 175 18.5 604 All Positions: 17.3 5,235 17.2 3,204 17.3 8,439 Excludes medical and law libraries. See Tables 54 and 64 for comparable figures for medical and law libraries.