9 , ▁Pow ell ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁found ing ▁Dean ▁of ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Library ▁Service ▁( now ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁U CLA ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Education ▁and ▁Information ▁Studies ), ▁a ▁position ▁he ▁would ▁hold ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 6 . ▁Several ▁facilities ▁at ▁U CLA ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁named ▁after ▁Pow ell , ▁including ▁the ▁Under grad uate ▁College ▁Library . ▁About ▁his ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁U CLA ▁libraries , ▁Pow ell ▁wrote ▁▁ 1 9 6 1 – 1 9 7 7 : ▁Acc um ulation ▁and ▁expansion ▁Robert ▁V os per ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁University ▁L ibr arian ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁ground ▁was ▁broken ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁unit ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁Research ▁Library , ▁now ▁the ▁Charles ▁E . ▁Young ▁Research ▁Library . ▁Comple ted ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Research ▁Library ▁ent a iled ▁cart ing ▁approximately ▁ 4 ▁million ▁index ▁cards ▁and ▁ 1 4 ▁miles ▁of ▁books ▁around ▁campus . ▁The ▁newly ▁completed ▁six - story ▁facility ▁then ▁became ▁the ▁administrative ▁center ▁for ▁the ▁U CLA ▁Library ▁system . ▁The ▁Main ▁Library ▁was ▁then ▁converted ▁to ▁the ▁College ▁Library . ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁the ▁Library ▁ranked ▁ 1 1 th ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁million ▁volumes . ▁Having ▁been ▁founded ▁only ▁si xty ▁years ▁prior , ▁the ▁U CLA ▁Library ▁was ▁on ▁pace ▁to ▁becoming ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most