Early Career
According to the University of West Georgia’s web page, Beard began as the last principal of the Fourth District Agricultural & Mechanical School, later becoming the first president of the same institution after it grew to become the West Georgia College. He later became the College’s Director of Libraries in 1978, and continued as a library director for at least 26 years, according to the Library Journal. From there he also went on to serve on numerous committees and chairs, including membership of the White House Conference on Libraries and the Information Services Task Force, the latter of which he became national co-chair of in 1991. In a memorial from the Georgia Library Association, he is also noted to have served on many other committees of the American Library Association such as the ALA Advocacy Assembly, the ALA Chapter Relations Committee, multiple ALA Presidential Campaigns, and the ALA’s own Executive Board.
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