This post was updated Jan. 25 at 10:03 p.m. Former UCLA director of library special collections Athena Jackson will be the next Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, UCLA announced Thursday. Jackson will start in the role March 1, succeeding Virginia Steel – who had occupied the position since 2013, according to an announcement from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt. Read more...
Photo: Powell Library is pictured. Athena Jackson, the former director of library special collections at UCLA, will serve as the next Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, effective March 1. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)






