Monday November 5th, 2012
5:00-7:00 pm – Lecture given by Susan Allen titled “Unlocking the Magic
of Rare Collections” at the Book Club of California, San Francisco
California Rare Book School sponsors free, open-to-the-public events each year. Most events are held in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) Building on the UCLA main campus. For directions to the GSE&IS Building, see our Directions & Parking page.
Previous Events
Wednesday August 1st, 2012 at 5pm. “Where Do We Go From Here: A Rare Book Library in the Digital Age” A lecture by E.C. Schroeder, Director of the Beinecke Library at Yale University
Wednesday August 8th, 2012 at 5pm. “Let’s Talk: A Conversation Between a Rare Book Curator and a Book Dealer” With bookseller Kenneth Karmiole and rare book Curator David Brafman
Click here to download Flyer for 2012 Lectures
Wednesday August 3rd, 2011 at 5pm, Due to the unfortunate postponement of the visit of David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, the Wednesday lecture will be given by Susan M. Allen, Director, CalRBS. Her lecture is titled: “John I. Perkins Collects: The Kelmscott Press for Los Angeles.”
Wednesday August 10th, 2011 at 5pm, California Rare Book School will be hosting a panel discussion titled “Collecting the Physical Book in the Digital Age,” moderated by CalRBS Director Susan M. Allen and featuring among the panelists, UCLA University Librarian, Gary Strong, antiquarian book dealer Ken Karmiole of Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc. and antiquarian book collector David Rips.
Receptions co-sponsored by the Southern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and CalRBS will follow both events.
| Date | Lecturer | Event | Location | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2010 | Kenneth Karmiole, Howard Rootenberg, and Michael Thompson, moderated by Carol Sandberg | Stories from the Annals of the Southern California Book Trade | UCLA | GSE&IS “Salon” |
| 8/3/2010 | Johanna Drucker, Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor, Department of Information Studies, UCLA | Text Visualization: What Info Can Learn from Biblio | UCLA | GSE&IS 111 |
| 8/10/2009 | Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress | Building on Mr Jefferson | UCLA | GSE&IS 111 |
| 8/3/2009 | Kenneth Karmiole, Howard Rootenberg, and Michael Thompson, moderated by Carol Sandberg | Stories from the Annals of the Southern California Book Trade | UCLA | GSE&IS “Salon” |
| 8/13/2008 | Kenneth Karmiole, Howard Rootenberg, and Michael Thompson, moderated by Carol Sandberg | Stories from the Annals of the Southern California Book Trade | UCLA | GSE&IS “Salon” |
| 8/6/2008 | David Stam, Senior Scholar in History, Syracuse University | Luck is the Residue of Design, or Vice-Versa, or Not | UCLA | GSE&IS 111 |