Cutout advertising bookmark from 1930s published by the Italian insurance company Compagnia Assicurazione di Milano
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International Friends of Bookmarks (IFOB) is a community of bookmark lovers with members all over the world who are interested in bookmarks, such as passionate readers, bookmark collectors, librarians, illustrators, blog editors, product designers, bookshop owners, bookmark producers, and others. Read more about us & our mission here.
What's New
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WORLD BOOKMARK DAY Preparations Beginning
We have our first donation for the World Bookmark Day (Woboda) Raffle. See our Woboda page for the latest news and events, a work in progress. Remember Woboda is 25 February 2019. Start planning what you will do to participate and celebrate! 16 September 2018 |
@liberiarium Heute ist der World Bookmark Day (WoBoDa)! Die International Friends of Booksmarks haben sich etwas ganz Besonderes ausgedacht: sie widmen den heutigen Tag dem Lesezeichen! Auf ihrer Website wird es deshalb heute Events, Awards und noch viel mehr geben. Auch ich habe dem Lesezeichen eine kleine Grußbotschaft geschickt - diese könnt ihr euch auf meinem YouTube-Kanal ansehen □
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MORE New Members and Swap List Participants
We now have 141 members! Lucia Maria Gualhanone from Brasil, Deborah Small from France and Natalia Crespo join as member and swap list participants. Natalia and Lucia also have blogs on bookmarks. Farina Sajjad Ali is a teacher in Pakistan who holds a bookmark contest for her students to celebrate International Library Day. Maybe they will also make bookmarks for World Bookmark Day this year. Welcome to all! 3 September 2018
We now have 141 members! Lucia Maria Gualhanone from Brasil, Deborah Small from France and Natalia Crespo join as member and swap list participants. Natalia and Lucia also have blogs on bookmarks. Farina Sajjad Ali is a teacher in Pakistan who holds a bookmark contest for her students to celebrate International Library Day. Maybe they will also make bookmarks for World Bookmark Day this year. Welcome to all! 3 September 2018
New Member and Swap List Participants
We are excited to welcome 4 new members and one participant in the swap list! Poo Chin Kek from Malaysia makes funny and unique handmade bookmarks. Bobbi Boland is a new member from Lansing, Michigan who enjoys bookmarks from many cultures as well as art and architecture. Meg Collins is a teacher from Alabama who wants to swap art bookmarks for her students. Lvia Ravani is from Brasil and wants to swap all kinds. And last but not least is Roy Oram from Canada who wants to give away his collection, especially to new collectors in other countries. Welcome to all! Remember to review the Swap List page to see the variety of bookmarks on offer. 5 August 2018
We are excited to welcome 4 new members and one participant in the swap list! Poo Chin Kek from Malaysia makes funny and unique handmade bookmarks. Bobbi Boland is a new member from Lansing, Michigan who enjoys bookmarks from many cultures as well as art and architecture. Meg Collins is a teacher from Alabama who wants to swap art bookmarks for her students. Lvia Ravani is from Brasil and wants to swap all kinds. And last but not least is Roy Oram from Canada who wants to give away his collection, especially to new collectors in other countries. Welcome to all! Remember to review the Swap List page to see the variety of bookmarks on offer. 5 August 2018
Bibliographies Updated
Thank you Georg Hartong for another update to our bibliographies. See the latest additions including the most recent TBS Occasional Paper on the Bibliography page. 24 July 2018
Thank you Georg Hartong for another update to our bibliographies. See the latest additions including the most recent TBS Occasional Paper on the Bibliography page. 24 July 2018
Blog Post: Bookmarks on Bookmarks
Learn about this collection specialty, see some examples and learn where to find them. Or go directly to a special gallery page to see more. 13 July 2018
Learn about this collection specialty, see some examples and learn where to find them. Or go directly to a special gallery page to see more. 13 July 2018
New Members and Swap List Participants
Please welcome our new members: Aye Thuzar Aung from Singapore; Maria Kalliokoski from Finland; Kelli Taylor from USA; and Rosemarie Humphreys from the UK. All but Rosemarie are on the Swap List which now has 67 people from 22 countries!
Please welcome our new members: Aye Thuzar Aung from Singapore; Maria Kalliokoski from Finland; Kelli Taylor from USA; and Rosemarie Humphreys from the UK. All but Rosemarie are on the Swap List which now has 67 people from 22 countries!
Bibliographies Updated
See the Bibliography page for updates to the Bookmark Bibliography and the Bibliography of TBS Publications. Thank you Georg Hartong for your work to keep these updated. 27 May 2018
See the Bibliography page for updates to the Bookmark Bibliography and the Bibliography of TBS Publications. Thank you Georg Hartong for your work to keep these updated. 27 May 2018
New Blog Posts
See posts about articles on weird things used for bookmarks and The Mystery of the Phantom Page Turner and how it relates to bookmarks. 20 May 2018
See posts about articles on weird things used for bookmarks and The Mystery of the Phantom Page Turner and how it relates to bookmarks. 20 May 2018
New Blog Post: Bookmarks in Art
On your next museum or gallery visit, can you find any bookmarks in art? How many examples can you find in our Gallery pages? 22 April 2018
On your next museum or gallery visit, can you find any bookmarks in art? How many examples can you find in our Gallery pages? 22 April 2018
New Members and Swap Participants
Welcome new members: Edoardo Bona from Piedmont, Italy as well as his library, Biblioteca civica di San Michele Mondovì; Ganapathi Subbaiah, Bangalore, India; Jacqulyn Dudasko, Irving, Texas, USA; Elaine Hanson, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK; and Jamie M, Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA. Elaine and Jamie also joined the Swap List - check out what they have to offer. These bookmark lovers bring our membership to 79. Other swap list participants are being added to the membership list and a newsletter with member list will be coming soon.
Welcome new members: Edoardo Bona from Piedmont, Italy as well as his library, Biblioteca civica di San Michele Mondovì; Ganapathi Subbaiah, Bangalore, India; Jacqulyn Dudasko, Irving, Texas, USA; Elaine Hanson, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK; and Jamie M, Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA. Elaine and Jamie also joined the Swap List - check out what they have to offer. These bookmark lovers bring our membership to 79. Other swap list participants are being added to the membership list and a newsletter with member list will be coming soon.
Detectorists and Bookmarks
If you are a fan of the British television series about hobbyists who comb the countryside looking for treasures, you may be surprised by the connection to bookmarks. Without giving too much away about the surprise ending to series 2, see an article about one of the objects they found: A King's Ransom for a Bookmark, originally published by Bibliobuffet. This article has been added to the Library Reading Room under the History of Bookmarks section. 5 April 2018
If you are a fan of the British television series about hobbyists who comb the countryside looking for treasures, you may be surprised by the connection to bookmarks. Without giving too much away about the surprise ending to series 2, see an article about one of the objects they found: A King's Ransom for a Bookmark, originally published by Bibliobuffet. This article has been added to the Library Reading Room under the History of Bookmarks section. 5 April 2018
Childrens' Book Week Bookmarks Announced
Every Child a Reader and Children's Book Council in the US announce five new designs that can be downloaded and printed. 20 March 2018
Every Child a Reader and Children's Book Council in the US announce five new designs that can be downloaded and printed. 20 March 2018
Post Woboda Thoughts
Thoughts, lessons learned and questions after World Bookmark Day. Read the blog post and tell us what you think about changes for next year? 20 March 2018
Thoughts, lessons learned and questions after World Bookmark Day. Read the blog post and tell us what you think about changes for next year? 20 March 2018
Bookmark Contest in Italy
See a blog post on a contest sponsored by a library in Italy. It has been happening since 2009, offers book prizes, and is open to anyone from around the world! We have also added it to our Events page under Competitions. Be sure to enter by 5 May 20108! 20 March 2018
See a blog post on a contest sponsored by a library in Italy. It has been happening since 2009, offers book prizes, and is open to anyone from around the world! We have also added it to our Events page under Competitions. Be sure to enter by 5 May 20108! 20 March 2018
New Article on the History of Bookmarks
Our member Kerrie More wrote an article for UPPERCASE Magazine titled I'll Be Here When You Get Back - The Store of the Ubiquitous Bookmark now posted in our Reading Room. The same issue published printable bookmarks which are linked in the Workshop. Thank you Kerrie for this lively account!
Our member Kerrie More wrote an article for UPPERCASE Magazine titled I'll Be Here When You Get Back - The Store of the Ubiquitous Bookmark now posted in our Reading Room. The same issue published printable bookmarks which are linked in the Workshop. Thank you Kerrie for this lively account!
🎁🎁🎁 WINNER OF THE WORLD BOOKMARK DAY RAFFLE OF 705 BOOKMARKS 🎁🎁🎁
Congratulations to Regina Maciulyte from Lithuania who won the raffle--amazingly for the second year in a row! It is not possible to game the system because the lucky numbers of entrants are not published until the end of the raffle and this number is key to the formula that determines the winner. We double checked to make sure the formula was applied correctly. So Regina is just a very lucky person--Congratulations!!! Our second place winner is Debrah Gai Lewis from Australia--congratulations to Debrah! And many thanks to all raffle participants for their generosity.
@liberiarium Heute ist der World Bookmark Day (WoBoDa)! Die International Friends of Booksmarks haben sich etwas ganz Besonderes ausgedacht: sie widmen den heutigen Tag dem Lesezeichen! Auf ihrer Website wird es deshalb heute Events, Awards und noch viel mehr geben. Auch ich habe dem Lesezeichen eine kleine Grußbotschaft geschickt - diese könnt ihr euch auf meinem YouTube-Kanal ansehen □
Note: the above image was sent last year by Lea Kaib. We liked it so much we wanted to use it again and hope that Lea won't mind!
HELP CELEBRATE WORLD BOOKMARK DAY!!! 25 February 2018
Send a telegram with your thoughts, tell us what you are doing to celebrate or just express your interest in bookmarks. Since we are international, our hours of celebration will extend to 26 February to give everyone a chance to participate. We would love to hear from you!
Send a telegram with your thoughts, tell us what you are doing to celebrate or just express your interest in bookmarks. Since we are international, our hours of celebration will extend to 26 February to give everyone a chance to participate. We would love to hear from you!
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Wobo, the traveling bookmark, has visited some interesting sites with Vilija Jociene in Telsiai, Lithuania. Check the Woboda page for more fun photos.
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Here we are at the Bookmark Bookstore in Oakland, Califiornia, USA with volunteer Christine. The managers, Phyllis and Scott, kindly allowed us to create a display and give away bookmarks. See those little buckets? That is where they give away bookmarks every day to their customers. And Christine was an enthusiastic promoter of Woboda. Thank to all of them! 25 February 2018
+++TELEGRAM - 25 February 2018, 12:07 p.m. PST+++
I have been waiting for this all day long, since we are 9 hours ahead of California.
So hello everyone out there, and HAPPY WOBODA!! Today all we bookmark lovers in the world feel united. With this also a sad and respectful thought goes to Asim.
Thank you so much, Laine and Georg, for making a lively Woboda possible this year again!! From Gaby Dondlinger, Schwebsingen, Luxembourg
I have been waiting for this all day long, since we are 9 hours ahead of California.
So hello everyone out there, and HAPPY WOBODA!! Today all we bookmark lovers in the world feel united. With this also a sad and respectful thought goes to Asim.
Thank you so much, Laine and Georg, for making a lively Woboda possible this year again!! From Gaby Dondlinger, Schwebsingen, Luxembourg
+++TELEGRAM - 25 February 2018, 9:50 a.m. PST+++
From Ana Formiga via our Facebook page: Congratulations to all the ones involved in this year celebration of WBD, it's remarkable all the effort after the loss of Asim Maner. Greetings from Portugal to all the community.
From Ana Formiga via our Facebook page: Congratulations to all the ones involved in this year celebration of WBD, it's remarkable all the effort after the loss of Asim Maner. Greetings from Portugal to all the community.
+++TELEGRAM - 25 February 2018, 9:39 a.m. PST+++
Happy WOBODA to everyone who love bookmarks and don't know how to live without them :) From Regina Maciulyte in Lithuania.
Happy WOBODA to everyone who love bookmarks and don't know how to live without them :) From Regina Maciulyte in Lithuania.
🎁🎁🎁 WHO WINS THE WORLD BOOKMARK DAY RAFFLE - RAFFLE POT PACKED WITH 705 BOOKMARKS? 🎁🎁🎁
We will announce the winner a little later today. We are off to the Bookmark Bookstore to create a display celebrating Woboda. Stay tuned! Meanwhile, see what our members have been doing to celebrate below.
Sharon Hall Shipp installed a display at the Presteigne branch of Powys Libraries in Wales to commemorate Bookmarks XV, a project of the University of the West of England, as well as World Bookmark Day! Photos by Richard Shipp. Thanks Sharon and what a cool looking library! 25 February 2018
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Regina Maciulyte has been busy at the Vilnius Book Fair collecting bookmarks and meeting writers and others. On the left is Regina in the middle with M. Starkus and V. Radzevicius, travelers and writers. 24 February 2018
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WOBODA RAFFLE HITS 705 BOOKMARKS!
Thanks to Kerrie More from Montana, USA, the raffle has leaped up over 700 with the theme of bookmarks for school children. Take a look at some of the great ones in this contribution. Only 3 MORE DAYS until we celebrate World Bookmark Day. Check back for announcement of the raffle winner and telegrams from all who are celebrating. 23 February 2018 |
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New Members and Swap List Participant
Our membership is growing! We welcome Sharon Hall Shipp from Wales who also contributed Woboda designs; Rebecca Kohn from Mountain View, CA, USA; Emma O'Brien from Birmingham, England who also wants to swap bookmarks; Teresa Brasher from Chicago, IL, USA who wants to swap; and Mary Moore from Badger Creek in Australia. This brings us to a total of 72 members not counting those on the Swap List who will be added at the end of this month. Welcome to all and please share your collections, questions, and experiences with bookmarks! 12 February 2018
Our membership is growing! We welcome Sharon Hall Shipp from Wales who also contributed Woboda designs; Rebecca Kohn from Mountain View, CA, USA; Emma O'Brien from Birmingham, England who also wants to swap bookmarks; Teresa Brasher from Chicago, IL, USA who wants to swap; and Mary Moore from Badger Creek in Australia. This brings us to a total of 72 members not counting those on the Swap List who will be added at the end of this month. Welcome to all and please share your collections, questions, and experiences with bookmarks! 12 February 2018
635 BOOKMARKS IN THE WOBODA RAFFLE!
In the last two days, we have received 253 more bookmarks for a grand total of 635 bookmarks from all around the world! 25 February is two weeks away--still time to send bookmarks to enter the raffle. 11 February 2018
In the last two days, we have received 253 more bookmarks for a grand total of 635 bookmarks from all around the world! 25 February is two weeks away--still time to send bookmarks to enter the raffle. 11 February 2018
Donation of 110 bookmarks from Georg Hartong, the Netherlands
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Helga Moghaddam from Germany contributed 133 bookmarks!
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Gaby Dondlinger added 10 bookmarks from Luxembourg.
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NEW PRINTABLE DESIGN FOR WORLD BOOKMARK DAY
Lithuania is leading in contributions for Woboda thanks to a printable design contributed by Regina Maciulyte. A beautiful photograph and text - download it from the Woboda page. Thank you Regina! 9 February 2018 |
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WORLD BOOKMARK DAY RAFFLE UP TO 382 BOOKMARKS!
Two more participants from Lithuania bring our total to a whopping 382 bookmarks! Our best supporter, Regina Maciulyte, has encouraged her friends to participate so thank you Regina. There is now a counter at the top of the Woboda page so that you can quickly see how many bookmarks are in the raffle as well as how many printable designs and photos of Wobo, the traveling bookmark. Wobo is eager to visit new places so take her with you and send us your photos. 7 February 2018
Two more participants from Lithuania bring our total to a whopping 382 bookmarks! Our best supporter, Regina Maciulyte, has encouraged her friends to participate so thank you Regina. There is now a counter at the top of the Woboda page so that you can quickly see how many bookmarks are in the raffle as well as how many printable designs and photos of Wobo, the traveling bookmark. Wobo is eager to visit new places so take her with you and send us your photos. 7 February 2018
Woboda raffle from Julija Stankeviciene, Lithuania
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Woboda raffle from Vilija Jociene, Lithuania
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MORE ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE TO WORLD BOOKMARK DAY
We are excited to announce three more new printable bookmarks thanks to Sharon Hall Shipp from Wales and Marilyn R. Rosenberg from New York. Both of these artists have participated in the Bookmarks Project at the University of the West of England. Thank you both for these exciting designs and also thanks to Sarah Bodman, founder of the Bookmarks Project who shared our project with participants in hers. Along with Mary V. Marsh, our first contributor of printable designs, we are honored to have three participants from this project. Be sure to download the full versions from the Woboda page. 7 February 2018
We are excited to announce three more new printable bookmarks thanks to Sharon Hall Shipp from Wales and Marilyn R. Rosenberg from New York. Both of these artists have participated in the Bookmarks Project at the University of the West of England. Thank you both for these exciting designs and also thanks to Sarah Bodman, founder of the Bookmarks Project who shared our project with participants in hers. Along with Mary V. Marsh, our first contributor of printable designs, we are honored to have three participants from this project. Be sure to download the full versions from the Woboda page. 7 February 2018
Woboda bookmark by Marilyn R. Rosenberg
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Woboda bookmark by Sharon Hall Shipp
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Woboda bookmark by Sharon Hall Shipp
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WORLD BOOKMARK DAY ACTIVITIES CONTINUE
We now have four new printable bookmarks from Rosemarie Abel, Duisburg, Germany. And Wobo, the traveling bookmark, has been visiting interesting places in Luxembourg, thanks to Gaby Dondlinger. See them all on the Woboda page. 5 February 2018 |
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WORLD BOOKMARK DAY UPDATES
Much has happened in the last few days. We have an adorable printable bookmark design from Gary Handman, a donation to the Raffle pot from the Bookmark Bookstore, and contributions from two new entrants to the raffle, Regina Maciulyte and Debrah Gai Lewis. The raffle pot now totals 329 bookmarks! See the Woboda page for more. 3 February 2018
Much has happened in the last few days. We have an adorable printable bookmark design from Gary Handman, a donation to the Raffle pot from the Bookmark Bookstore, and contributions from two new entrants to the raffle, Regina Maciulyte and Debrah Gai Lewis. The raffle pot now totals 329 bookmarks! See the Woboda page for more. 3 February 2018
From Regina Maciulyte, Lithuania
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By Gary Handman, California, USA
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From Debrah Gai Lewis, Australia
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New Facebook Group for IFOB
There is now an IFOB Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/bookmarksfriends/ We hope this group will make it easier for our members and anyone else who is interested to stay up to date, easily share our posts and events and continue our mission to promote bookmarks worldwide. You can also add your own posts, comments, images, videos, etc. as with any Facebook group. We hope you will enjoy it and we'll see how it goes.
There is now an IFOB Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/bookmarksfriends/ We hope this group will make it easier for our members and anyone else who is interested to stay up to date, easily share our posts and events and continue our mission to promote bookmarks worldwide. You can also add your own posts, comments, images, videos, etc. as with any Facebook group. We hope you will enjoy it and we'll see how it goes.
WORLD BOOKMARK DAY RAFFLE
The raffle pot has more than doubled to 219 bookmarks in a couple of days thanks to an entry of 100 bookmarks by our member Aristomenis Sofouris from Greece, and 10 beautiful and useful bookmark greeting cards donated by Robin Blum of In My Book. Here's a sample and see more on the Woboda page. Thank you Aristomenis and Robin for these beautiful additions. I have heard that more are in the mail and some printable designs are also coming soon. Stay tuned. 30 January 2018
The raffle pot has more than doubled to 219 bookmarks in a couple of days thanks to an entry of 100 bookmarks by our member Aristomenis Sofouris from Greece, and 10 beautiful and useful bookmark greeting cards donated by Robin Blum of In My Book. Here's a sample and see more on the Woboda page. Thank you Aristomenis and Robin for these beautiful additions. I have heard that more are in the mail and some printable designs are also coming soon. Stay tuned. 30 January 2018
Woboda bookmarks from Aristomenis Fofouris
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Bookmark greeting cards from Robin Blum, In My Book
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Welcome New Members and Swap List Participants
Welcome to new members Jan Goddefroy, Czech Republic; Charles Mang, New York, USA; and Mark Hinton, Minnesota, USA. New swap list participants include Denny Post, Netherlands; Natalia Moya, Spain, and Frank Divendal, Netherlands. We have made a proposal that all swap list participants become members (if you wish to opt out, contact us by 28 February 2018) and the entry form has been modified to provide this option. See the Swap List page for more details. Member information is provided in the periodic newsletter. We extend a warm welcome to all participants and hope you will join us in celebrating World Bookmark Day.
29 January 2018
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WORLD BOOKMARK DAY RAFFLE
Now has 111 bookmarks, thanks to IFOB member Randy Whiteman's contribution with more coming "in the mail'. Randy has contributed many from Canada as well as a number from publishers, children's books, and literary organizations. There are several die-cuts and many more--this is just a sample. Thank you Randy, and congratulations on being the first raffle entrant! 28 January 2018 |
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****** WORLD BOOKMARK DAY (WOBODA) - COMING 25 FEBRUARY 2018 ******
Join us in preparing to celebrate the second annual World Bookmark Day! Submit designs for downloadable bookmarks, enter the bookmark raffle, and participate in other events. Our first bookmark designs for 2018 were contributed by Mary V. Marsh, USA and there is a donation of 58 bookmarks to the raffle with more coming soon. Go to the WOBODA page to see more and help make it a big event.
Join us in preparing to celebrate the second annual World Bookmark Day! Submit designs for downloadable bookmarks, enter the bookmark raffle, and participate in other events. Our first bookmark designs for 2018 were contributed by Mary V. Marsh, USA and there is a donation of 58 bookmarks to the raffle with more coming soon. Go to the WOBODA page to see more and help make it a big event.
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