Benjamin E. Powell

Benjamin E. Powell
Benjamin E. Powell
	Powell in 1946
President of the American Library Association
	In office; 1959–1960
Preceded by	Emerson Greenaway
Succeeded by	Frances Lander Spain
Personal details
Born	August 28, 1905; Sunbury, North Carolina, US
Died	March 11, 1981 (aged 75)
Nationality	American
Education	Trinity College; Columbia University; University of Chicago;
Occupation	Librarian

Benjamin Edward Powell (August 28, 1905 – March 11, 1981) was an American librarian and President of the American Library Association from 1959 to 1960.[1]

Powell was born in Sunbury, North Carolina to Willis Warren and Beatrice Franklin Powell. He attended Trinity College, graduating in 1926. After graduation, he accepted a position at the Duke University library. He took a leave of absence from 1929 to 1930 to attend Columbia University to pursue a degree in library science. Powell continued his education at the graduate library school at the University of Chicago from 1934 to 1935 and in 1937 he took the position of head librarian at the University of Missouri. He received his doctorate in library science from the University of Chicago in 1946.

Powell became university librarian at Duke University in 1946 and served in that role until he retired in 1975. At Duke, he oversaw an expansion of the University library and integrated the University Archives became a part of the library.[2]

Publications

"The University Libraries, Duke University" (1959)

gollark: Isn't that *also* kind of bad? I mean, you're subject to departmental politics stuff probably, have "publish or perish" going on, etc.

gollark: "It's only real work if you do manual labour, because that was around longer and is thus evidently the only valid kind, and it looks more difficult to me."

gollark: Yes, that is silly people being silly.

gollark: You're not really paying them for either as much as just the fact that they can do/make the thing you want and you are, presumably, willing to pay the price they ask for. Going around trying to judge someone else's "worth" in some way is problematic.

gollark: The learning time is amortized over all the other programming stuff they do, and it's not like they would somehow unlearn everything if you didn't pay more. Still, it is somewhat complicated and, er, possibly impossible, although if people want to do it (they regularly do complex things anyway if they're interesting) then why not.

References

"ALA's Past Presidents". American Library Association. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
Powell, William S. (1994). "Powell, Benjamin Edward". NCPedia. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Emerson Greenaway	President of the American Library Association 1959–1960	Succeeded by Frances Lander Spain

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[1] "ALA's Past Presidents". American Library Association. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[2] Powell, William S. (1994). "Powell, Benjamin Edward". NCPedia. Retrieved 15 March 2016.