Kenneth Karmiole is an American bookseller and philanthropist. He is President of Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc., located in Santa Monica, California, established in 1976, an antiquarian bookselling firm specializing in early printed books and manuscripts.[1]
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| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1968) University of California, Los Angeles (MLS) |
| Occupation | Antiquarian bookseller |
| Known for | Philanthropy in southern California |
Early life and education
editKarmiole attended the University of California, Santa Barbara as an undergrad and graduated in 1968 with a bachelor of arts in American studies.[2][3] He later attended and received an MLS degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.[2]
Career and philanthropy
editKarmiole provides financial support to various libraries and educational programs in Southern California; he has established endowment funds at UCLA and at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). One UCSB endowment is for the purchase of rare books, and a second endowment for an annual research fellowship at the UCSB Library started in 2018.[4][5] The endowments at UCLA include an annual lecture series on the History of the Book Trade at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library,[6] which began in 2005 with a presentation by Professor Robert Darnton; also, there is an endowed annual research fellowship at the Clark Library.[7] Karmiole is responsible for an endowment for the purchase of rare books & manuscripts at the discretion of the UCLA University Librarian;[8] and endowments for financial aid to students in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.[9][10] An endowment for Archival Studies programs and speakers at the UCLA GSE & IS was established in 2013.[11] Professor Heather MacNeil of the University of Toronto was the first lecturer.[12] Another endowment, begun in 2015, is the Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Research Fellowship at the UCLA Library. The individual awarded this endowment will present a public lecture upon the completion of their research.[13] In 2016, an endowment was created at The Book Club of California,[14] the Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trade in California and the West. The annual lecture will be held in the fall of each year, and will be presented in both San Francisco and in Southern California.
Professional associations and honors
editKarmiole currently serves on the advisory committees of the California Rare Book School,[15] the UCLA Research Library Board of Visitors,[16][17] and the Library Council at UCSB. He is a member of the Director’s Advisory Council of the William Andrews Clark Library and of the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.[18] Since the 1970s Karmiole has served three terms on the National Board of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America.[19] He was the president of the Southern California Chapter of the ABAA in 2012 and 2013. In 2015, he was elected a Director of The Book Club of California and serves as the Co-Chair of the Membership and Development Committee.[20] In 2018, he was elected a Director of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.[21] He has presented two public lectures at the Rare Book School, one in 2015, "The Abbey Press",[22] and the second in 2019, "Shakespeare in Virginia".[23] In 2021, the inaugural lecture in the newly established "Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Annual Lecture on the Book Trades" will be presented at the Rare Book School in Virginia.[24]
Karmiole received the Distinguished Alumni Award for 2011 from the UCLA Library and Information Studies Alumni Association.[25] His article about collecting books in the digital age appeared in The Journal of the Book Club of Washington.[26]
References
edit- ^ "Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc". Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ a b Karas, Rachel (May 9, 2019). "The Earliest Evidence of Shakespeare in America". Chapman University. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Endowed Scholarships". Boundless Philanthropy. University of California, Santa Barbara. p. 60. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Kenneth Karmiole Endowment". U C Santa Barbara Library. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Antiquarian Bookseller and UCSB Alumnus Donates Funds to Support Library Research". UCSB Library. February 23, 2018.
- ^ "Lecture Series". UCLA Center for 17th-&18th- Century Studies. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ "Center & Clark Receive Support for New Fellowship from Bookseller Kenneth Karmiole". UCLA Center for 17th-&18th- Century Studies. 31 August 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ^ Setzer, Dawn (August 28, 2006). "Antiquarian Bookseller Ken Karmiole Establishes Collection Endowment at the UCLA Library". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ Engle, Shaena (January 29, 2003). "UCLA's Information Studies Department Receives $100,000 from Local Book Dealer". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ Engle, Shaena (September 23, 2005). "UCLA Alumnus Offers Challenge to Other Library and Information Science Graduates". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ Harmon, Joanie (12 December 2012). "Kenneth Karmiole: Alumnus' Gift Supports Archival Studies at UCLA". Ampersand. UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ Harmon, Joanie (14 October 2014). "Professor Heather MacNeil, University of Toronto, will present 'The Archive/Archives as Text: Themes and Variations' on Oct. 27". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ Setzer, Dawn (27 January 2015). "UCLA alumnus endows library research fellowship". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Announcing the Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trade in California and the West". Quarterly Newsletter of the Book Club of California. LXXXI (3). Summer 2016.
- ^ "Advisory Committee". California Rare Book School. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Setzer, Dawn (November 14, 2005). "UCLA Library Creates Board of Visitors". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ "Library Board of Visitors". UCLA Library. Archived from the original on June 27, 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ "Board of Visitors". UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ "Kenneth Karmiole - ABAA Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America". Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
- ^ "Directors & Officers | The Book Club of California". www.bccbooks.org.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Rare Book School.
- ^ "Collecting the Abbey Press". Rare Book School.
- ^ "Shakespeare in Virginia". Rare Book School.
- ^ "The Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades". Rare Book School. 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Ken Karmiole Receives Honor from UCLA". ABAA E-Newsletter. 8. Spring 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Karmiole, Kenneth (Fall 2011). "Collecting the Physical Book in the Digital Age". Journal of the Book Club of Washington. 11 (2). Retrieved 28 April 2013.