▁important ▁libraries ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁V os per ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Page ▁A ck erman ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁li br arian ▁until ▁her ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁head ▁a ▁library ▁system ▁of ▁such ▁a ▁scale . ▁A ck erman ▁saw ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Library ' s ▁administrative ▁network , ▁which ▁became ▁an ▁innov ative ▁model ▁for ▁library ▁management ▁systems ▁across ▁the ▁country . ▁During ▁her ▁ten ure , ▁A ck erman ▁o vers aw ▁an ▁increased ▁coord ination ▁of ▁efforts ▁with ▁the ▁libraries ▁of ▁all ▁U C ▁camp uses , ▁a ▁necessity ▁that ▁came ▁which ▁was ▁initially ▁brought ▁about ▁by ▁state ▁budget ▁problems . ▁Under ▁A ck erman , ▁the ▁U CLA ▁Library ▁acquired ▁collections ▁on ▁many ▁important ▁figures , ▁including ▁Ralph ▁J . ▁Bun che , ▁Ger tr ude ▁Stein ▁and ▁Ana ï s ▁Nin . ▁▁ 1 9 7 7 – present ▁ ▁Since ▁A ck erman ' s ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁U CLA ▁has ▁seen ▁a ▁steady ▁increase ▁in ▁collections , ▁facilities ▁and ▁staff ▁under ▁li br ari ans ▁Russell ▁Sh ank ▁( 1 9 7 7 – 1 9 9 0 ), ▁Gl oria ▁Werner ▁( 1 9 9 0 – 2 0 0 2 ), ▁Gary ▁E . ▁Str ong ▁( 2 0 0 3 – 2 0 1 3 ), ▁and ▁Virginia ▁Ste el ▁( 2