The UCLA Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Virginia Steel will retire at the end of 2023, the university announced Thursday.
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“I hope you will join me now in thanking her for her service to UCLA and the larger academic library community,” said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt in the email. “We will miss her leadership and wish her the best in her next chapter.”
UCLA administration plans to begin the search for her successor in the spring, according to the email.
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area.
He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
