by Rosemarie Abel for 2019 Woboda
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We are delighted to launch the THIRD annual World Bookmark Day 25 February 2019 - WORLD BOOKMARK DAY (WOBODA) We celebrate the readers' little helper and the ever faithful companion of the books for 2000 years. Do you like, collect or produce bookmarks? Join us to spread the word about this worldwide event! We have celebrated two years of World Bookmark Day to bring attention to bookmarks, the quiet companion of readers. Friends who love to use bookmarks while reading, friends who love to collect bookmarks, illustrate and produce bookmarks, who write blogs, articles, and books on bookmarks, friends who take care of them in libraries and museums, and some other unknown friends. Join us in our activities if you think you are a friend of bookmarks. The WOBODA is an excellent occasion to help bookmarks get the recognition they deserve. See what happened last year for WOBODA 2018. Join one of the activities listed below (printable designs, raffle and more) and help us. Please do spread the word about WOBODA and subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest news on the activities. Are you surprised to hear that bookmarks are accompanying books for 2000 years already? Read more here. |
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1. Rosemarie Abel, Duisburg, Germany
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2. Marilyn R. Rosenberg is working, alone and with collaborators, on asemic and visual poems, edition artists’ books and sculptural one of a kind bookworks, artists’ stamps, bookmarks, mail art and more. Many works are published in print and on the web, in zines, anthologies and exhibition catalogs. See works in about 100 university, college and museum libraries. Latest exhibitions-2017, ASEMIC WRITING: Offline & In the Gallery, MCBA, MN; FOSSIL TALES a group exhibition, 2018 Central Booking Gallery, New York; 2016-17-18, each Bookmarks group XIV and XV are Bookmarks by artists, sent to participating host venues around the world, concept and start at University of W. England, Bristol. MRR has a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, from the Graduate School of Arts and Science, of New York U, NY, NY. and a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Studio Arts, from Empire State College, State U of NY.
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4. Agostino Traini is an illustrator and designer of books--and bookmarks-- from Trieste, Italy. Read more about his work here. 👏👏🔖🔖🇺🇸🇮🇹
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5. Regina Mačiulytė is a bookmark collector from Lithuania and winner of last year's raffle. She enjoys photography which she uses to make beautiful bookmarks.
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On the left you see WOBO - the World Traveling Bookmark WOBO goes places on a mission to help her bookmark friends to get the recognition they deserve. The task of Wobo is to spread the word about this year's WORLD BOOKMARK DAY - on 25 February 2019. [Note that Wobo is now generic with no date and can be used any time.] It is a very difficult task, actually, because only very few people know about this event yet. You can help Wobo a lot to accomplish her duty, if you wish. And how? Just download and print some copies of the Wobo bookmark. Then leave the bookmarks in a book, at a library or coffee shop or whatever place you think is fine for this purpose. The finders of your bookmarks are supposed to report their discovery on this page and do the same as you. Wobo visited many places last year--where will she go this time? Join the mission and help Wobo! Thank you! YOU HAVE FOUND A WOBO? Yay! Tell us your story. Where are you from and where have you found a Wobo? What was your reaction? What do you like about bookmarks? What are you going to do with Wobo? Are you letting her go, or keep her and send a new Wobo on journey? We'd love to hear from you! Write an email to our webmaster, she'll put your answers on this page. Thank you. |
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Print these three copies at the same time and cut apart.
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From Vilija Jocienė with help on the text from Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania: Wobo is near a memorial for Knygnešiai (Lithuanian book smugglers) near Kaunatava library (Telšiai district). Lithuania history is full of bad things. We were in the Russian Empire, we had a press ban, WWI and WWII, we were under Soviet Union occupation twice, and under German occupation. Even two times we said to the world that we want to be free from Russia (Russian Empire and Soviet Union). When we were in the Russian Empire, we had a Lithuanian press ban from 1864-1904. It was a ban on all Lithuanian language publications printed in the Latin alphabet in force within the Russian Empire. Lithuanian-language publications that used Cyrillic were allowed and even encouraged. However, Lithuanians organized printing outside the Empire, largely in Lithuania Minor (East Prussia), and in the United States. We had brave people who didn't let the Lithuanians forgot their language. Knygnešiai (Lithuanian book smugglers, something not found in other countries) who smuggled illegal books and periodicals across the border. The number of such publications kept increasing despite strict sanctions and persecution of the activists. Thank you both for this important history of your country. 25 February 2019
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Current status:
1673 bookmarks are in the raffle pot as of 22 February 2019 Donations:
Total number of donations: 743 |
Number of participants: 11
Number of bookmarks contributed by participants: 930 Number of raffle tickets: 93 Your chances are still very high to win this raffle! Send your bookmarks photo to join and win the giant heap of bookmarks in the raffle pot! The list of participants and their tickets: 1. Marcos Rippel, Brasil, 400 bookmarks (40 tickets, no. 1-40); sent 8 Mar 2. Jonathan Xuereb, Malta, 20 bookmarks (2 tickets, no. 41-42); sent 26 Feb 3. Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania, 45 bookmarks (5 tickets, no. 43-47); sent Mar 4. Debrah Gai Lewis, Australia, 80 bookmarks (8 tickets, no. 48-55); sent 26 Feb 5. Robin Brown, Australia, 80 bookmarks (8 tickets, no. 56-63); sent 3 Mar 6. Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania, 50 bookmarks (5 tickets, no. 64-68); sent week of 11 Mar 7. Jane Schneider, Colorado, USA, 10 bookmarks (1 ticket, no. 69); sent 27 Feb 8. Randy Whiteman, Canada, 40 bookmarks (4 tickets, no. 70-73); sent 28 Feb 9. Maxfield Shea, Washington, USA: 40 bookmarks (4 tickets, no. 74-77); sent 21 Mar 10. Kerrie More, Missouri, USA: 135 bookmarks (13 tickets, no. 78-90) sent Mar 11. Julija Stankevičienė, Lithuania: 30 bookmarks (3 tickets, no. 91-93); sent Mar Total number of bookmarks: 1673 ; Total number of tickets: 93 ; Total of lucky numbers: 331 |
As with the first Woboda, we decided that the bookmarks submitted by the winner will be given to a second place winner to prevent the winner from getting his/her own bookmarks back. There will also be 38 bookmarks from Elly van der Horst (photo on right) which were duplicates from her huge donation. (sent 7 Mar). And, Regina Mačiulytė has offered to donate 15 bookmarks plus more from a book fair she will attend in February (sent week of 11 Mar). The second winner is the participant next to the winner, as declared before.. This means:
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Our member Debrah Gai Lewis contributed 80 bookmarks, many from Australia. Good luck Debrah! 29 December 2018
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We have 30 more bookmarks in the raffle thanks to the Bookmark Bookstore in Oakland, California, USA. They give away bookmarks left in donated books and their sales benefit the Oakland Public Library. Thank you! 15 December 2018
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Thanks to Jonathan Xuereb from Malta who has contributed 20 bookmarks including five Book Depository bookmarks, others promoting new books from publishers and a couple of others promoting embassies. Good luck! 21 November 2018
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4. MAKE A PICTURE SHOWING A WOBODA BOOKMARK AT A REMARKABLE PLACE
First, download your favourite free printable bookmark from above or produce your own WOBODA bookmark. Then, take the bookmark with you to various places you go. Take pictures of your Woboda bookmark at remarkable places and send them to us to display them here on this page. That's all you need. Join us to make WOBODA known throughout the world, thank you! We are curious to see at which cool places WOBODA bookmarks will pop up. - Contact our webmaster if you wish to send your picture (jpg files only): do not forget to write your name or nickname and the place where the picture is taken (country, town, and the spot, like Eiffel Tower, Shakespeare bookshop, North Pole, or town library. Instagram: @worldbookmarkday Who has spotted World Bookmark Day bookmarks?
Send your pics to: ifobeditor(at)gmail.com. |
See Fun with Woboda Bookmarks for Gaby Dondlinger's recent adventures with Woboda and Wobo.
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Member and editor of TBS News Sylvia Bunting reports in the March 2019 issue, p. 531, that TBS member Georgina Baines added Woboda items to an excellent display in The Seaside Museum in her town of Herne Bay in England. She had reported on her display in the previous issue in November 2018. Thank you Georgina and Sylvia for spreading the word! 27 March 2019
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San Diego, California, USA: The University of California, San Diego Library is having an exhibit and bookmark making event for World Bookmark Day. From their mailing:
Stop by Geisel Library during the month of February to see an exhibit that salutes this special book companion. We’re bringing out our favorite art supplies so that visitors can make their very own one-of-a-kind bookmark at the exhibit site. Library staff will provide assistance. When: Monday, February 25 from Noon – 1:30 p.m. Where: Geisel West, 1st Floor (near Media Desk) No registration required! Explore an exhibit of unusual bookmarks and browse through reference materials on the subject of these “quitter strips.” This event is free and open to the public. Exhibit is up now through Feb. 28. |
The Creative Crafts for Adults group made bookmarks on February 23. It was opened up to children too, and a small but enthusiastic group had fun using different materials to make bookmarks. Laine Farley provided examples of handmade bookmarks from her collection.
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The Bookmark Bookstore in Oakland, California, USA hosted a display for World Bookmark Day 2018 featuring the printable designs from this page and a display of some illustrations of different types of bookmarks, antique as well as recent. The store finds many bookmarks in books that are donated to them and always puts them in little buckets throughout the store for customers to take for free.
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The 6. ASIM MANER AWARD FOR PROMOTING BOOKMARKS
This new award named in honor of our founder, Asim Maner, recognizes the person who has done an outstanding job of promoting bookmarks, either for World Bookmark Day or in general activities. Tell us what you have done, send photos of the activities, and describe the impact it has had, in your opinion. You may also submit comments from other people who are familiar with your work. The winner will be chosen by the IFOB co-editors and possibly last year's winner of the Woboda raffle. Submit your entry by February 20, 2019 to the webmaster. The winner will receive:
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The winner is Gaby Dondlinger, Luxembourg!
👏🔖🏅 We thank Gaby for her many contributions to promoting bookmarks including: - Photos of Wobo, the traveling bookmark (see #2 above) - Fun with Woboda Bookmarks about her efforts to spread the work about Woboda - Contributions to the Bookmarks on Bookmarks , Care of Books, and Owls Galleries - Assisting the editors in checking links and adding new information to the Workshop and Library sections of the IFOB web site - General support, encouragement and enthusiasm about IFOB activities. Read more about her and her bookmark interests in our blog. Congratulations Gaby!! |