Welcome to our page WORLD BOOKMARK DAY (WOBODA)
Updated 27 March 2019; check back for post-Woboda news.
New: bookmark exhibit in England under 5. Local Events
New: bookmark exhibit in England under 5. Local Events
PRINTABLE BOOKMARKS- 7 | BOOKMARK RAFFLE-1673- WINNER: Debrah Gai Lewis|
WOBO THE TRAVELING BOOKMARK (NEW version) - 17 | LOCAL EVENTS: 5
ASIM MANER AWARD WINNER: Gaby Dondlinger | AND MORE!
WOBO THE TRAVELING BOOKMARK (NEW version) - 17 | LOCAL EVENTS: 5
ASIM MANER AWARD WINNER: Gaby Dondlinger | AND MORE!
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@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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TELEGRAMS RECEIVED:
+++TELEGRAM - 1 March 2019, 10:22 p.m. PST+++
I like bookmarks because it helps me to easily find the page where I have stopped before.
From Md. Tanvir Ahmed, Shingardigi, Bangladesh
I like bookmarks because it helps me to easily find the page where I have stopped before.
From Md. Tanvir Ahmed, Shingardigi, Bangladesh
+++TELEGRAM - 25 February 2019, 7:30 a.,m. PST+++
Congratulations to the International Book Book Day [World Bookmark Day]. Beautiful days, lots of excitement, new exchanges and plans for next year.
From Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania
See #5 Local Events below for photos of a bookmarks display she sent.
+++TELEGRAM - 25 February 2019, 3:57 a.,m. PST+++
Happy international bookmark day! I wish for you all so many bookmarks from different countries :)
From Regina Mačiulytė, Vilnius, Lithuania
See Second Place Winner for bookmarks she donated
Happy international bookmark day! I wish for you all so many bookmarks from different countries :)
From Regina Mačiulytė, Vilnius, Lithuania
See Second Place Winner for bookmarks she donated
+++TELEGRAM - 25 February 2019, 1:15 a.,m. PST+++
I LOVE BOOKMARKS! Every reader owns bookmarks, even if he doesn't collect, and noone throws away a bookmark. Because these tiny things can be everything apart from being a simple page marker: they can be just beautiful, inspiring, touching, handmade with love in a thousand ways, eye-opening, sources of information, traces from the past, and for those who collect and swap they can be the door to new worlds and the beginning of friendships! And they are so easy to collect as they only take up little room.
I wish that our little fellows get today get the attention they deserve. I wish an inspiring World Bookmark Day to everyone interested!
From Gaby Dondlinger, Schwebsingen, Luxembourg
See #5, Local Events below for an article about Woboda from the owner of a Little Free Library in Germany.
I LOVE BOOKMARKS! Every reader owns bookmarks, even if he doesn't collect, and noone throws away a bookmark. Because these tiny things can be everything apart from being a simple page marker: they can be just beautiful, inspiring, touching, handmade with love in a thousand ways, eye-opening, sources of information, traces from the past, and for those who collect and swap they can be the door to new worlds and the beginning of friendships! And they are so easy to collect as they only take up little room.
I wish that our little fellows get today get the attention they deserve. I wish an inspiring World Bookmark Day to everyone interested!
From Gaby Dondlinger, Schwebsingen, Luxembourg
See #5, Local Events below for an article about Woboda from the owner of a Little Free Library in Germany.
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. |
LIST OF ACTIVITIES
Join us with one of the activities listed below and be part of the World Bookmark Day
Join us with one of the activities listed below and be part of the World Bookmark Day
1. YOU ARE AN ILLUSTRATOR OR ARTIST? CREATE A FREE PRINTABLE BOOKMARK FOR THE WOBODA 2019
Submit a free printable bookmark design (uncompressed jpeg, 200 x 75 mm, RGB mode) for this page. Please add the following text anywhere on your design: World Bookmark Day (or just Woboda); 25 February 2019; www.ifobookmarks.org/woboda. Include Your Name - Your status (collector, artist, designer) from (your country) - your web site or social media. Thank you!
Free Printable Bookmarks for the World Bookmark Day
How to use these bookmarks?
Download and print your favorite bookmark. Tip: Copy the image into a Word (or other word processing) document and copy it several times to fit the page. You can then print multiple copies onto card stock. Once you have a Woboda bookmark, keep one with you when you travel or go around and make a picture of the bookmark alone or together with you at different places. Send us the pictures for publication here on this page per email: please do not forget to write the name of the place and your name or your nickname (see also point 2. below).
Please respect the copyright of the artists: bookmarks are free to use for private purposes only. If you publish pictures of the bookmarks on internet, please do not remove the credits. Thank you.
Submitting artists: Rosemarie Abel, Duisburg, Germany; Marilyn R. Rosenberg, New York, New York, USA; Gary Handman, Berkeley, California, USA; Agostino Traini, Trieste, Italy; Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania.
Download and print your favorite bookmark. Tip: Copy the image into a Word (or other word processing) document and copy it several times to fit the page. You can then print multiple copies onto card stock. Once you have a Woboda bookmark, keep one with you when you travel or go around and make a picture of the bookmark alone or together with you at different places. Send us the pictures for publication here on this page per email: please do not forget to write the name of the place and your name or your nickname (see also point 2. below).
Please respect the copyright of the artists: bookmarks are free to use for private purposes only. If you publish pictures of the bookmarks on internet, please do not remove the credits. Thank you.
Submitting artists: Rosemarie Abel, Duisburg, Germany; Marilyn R. Rosenberg, New York, New York, USA; Gary Handman, Berkeley, California, USA; Agostino Traini, Trieste, Italy; Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania.
1. Rosemarie Abel , our member from Duisburg, Germany submitted two interesting designs.
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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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Attention: Don't click on the images for downloading (you get a small image in this case). Instead, click on the link "Download File"
3. Gary Handman is an occasional freelance illustrator and cartoonist whose work has appeared in a strangely diverse gaggle of books and journals. In a former (pre-retirement) life he daylighted as the film and video librarian of the University of California, Berkeley library. His WOBODA bookmarks were drawn with one-finger on an iPhone using the Tayasui Sketches app.
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Attention: Don't click on the images for downloading (you get a small image in this case). Instead, click on the link "Download File"
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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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Attention: Don't click on the images for downloading (you get a small image in this case). Instead, click on the link "Download File"
You are an illustrator or artist and you wish to submit a bookmark for WOBODA? Please contact our webmaster.
2. SEND WOBO - THE WORLD TRAVELING BOOKMARK - ON JOURNEY & HELP HER
TO ACCOMPLISH HER MISSION
TO ACCOMPLISH HER MISSION
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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. |
Print these three copies at the same time and cut apart.
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Attention: Don't click on the image for downloading (you get a small image in this case). Instead, click on the link "Download File"
WOBO ON WORLD TOUR 2018-2019
Wobo the World Traveling Bookmark is going places with your help. She has been already spotted in: Austria, California and Colorado, USA, Lithuania, Luxembourg.
See pictures from 2016 tour here.
Wobo the World Traveling Bookmark is going places with your help. She has been already spotted in: Austria, California and Colorado, USA, Lithuania, Luxembourg.
See pictures from 2016 tour here.
memorial for Knygnešiai (Lithuanian book smugglers) near Kaunatava library (Telšiai district).
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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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Memorial for Knygnešiai (Lithuanian book smugglers) near Kaunatava library (Telšiai district).
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Kaunatava Library in Telšiai District Lithuania from Vilija Jocienė 25 February 2019
Wobo went with Jane Schneider to the 113th National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver, Colorado, USA where she had some new experiences. 28 January 2019
Eating a funnel cake (a fried pastry with powdered sugar)
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Watching draft horses at the show
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Meeting a cowboy and his big horse
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Gaby Dondlinger from Luxembourg visited Schengen, the location of the European Museum. Wobo is posed in front of original pieces of the Berlin Wall in front of the museum. 14 January 2019
In front of European Museum, Schengen
Wobo sees stars in Schengen
Wobo in front of a Little Free Library in a phone booth in Mondorf from Gaby Dondlinger
Wobo in Amsterdam - on a boat?
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European Museum, Schengen, visited by Gaby Dondlinger with Wobo
Wobo would like to try this hat!
Hotel in Berlin, Germany
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Rosemarie Abel, member from Duisberg, Germany, took Wobo to Austria.
Laine Farley took Wobo (on her phone) to Lava Beds National Monument in California.
3. JOIN OUR WOBODA CELEBRATION BOOKMARK RAFFLE
You like and collect bookmarks? Here you can win a huge lot of bookmarks from all over the world!
For each 10 bookmarks you pledge to send, you'll get a raffle ticket. So, you are free to choose how many bookmarks you wish to send. Of course, your chances to win are higher the more tickets you have. On the World Bookmark Day - 25 February 2019 - the winner will be drawn by lot and he or she will get all the accumulated bookmarks. We expect that until the draw day the raffle pot will inclose a huge number of bookmarks, And they can be won by you!
NOTE that we will use a different process this year. Instead of mailing bookmarks to the IFOB editor who then would send them to the winner, we are requiring that you send us only photographs of the bookmarks you wish to contribute to participate in the raffle and the total number. Include a brief description of the types of bookmarks (e.g., publishers, libraries, bookstores, die cut, art related, children's, etc.). The photographs do not have to show each individual bookmark but should be arranged to give a good idea of how many you will send to the winner. That way, we are not mailing bookmarks all over the world twice! And remember to tell us your lucky number for the raffle. Send your photos and information to the IFOB editor at ifobeditor(at)gmail.com and include your postal mailing address.
The bookmarks pledged by the winner of the raffle will be sent to a second place winner so that you don't receive back your own contributions to the raffle.
See below for examples of ways to photograph your contributions:
You like and collect bookmarks? Here you can win a huge lot of bookmarks from all over the world!
For each 10 bookmarks you pledge to send, you'll get a raffle ticket. So, you are free to choose how many bookmarks you wish to send. Of course, your chances to win are higher the more tickets you have. On the World Bookmark Day - 25 February 2019 - the winner will be drawn by lot and he or she will get all the accumulated bookmarks. We expect that until the draw day the raffle pot will inclose a huge number of bookmarks, And they can be won by you!
NOTE that we will use a different process this year. Instead of mailing bookmarks to the IFOB editor who then would send them to the winner, we are requiring that you send us only photographs of the bookmarks you wish to contribute to participate in the raffle and the total number. Include a brief description of the types of bookmarks (e.g., publishers, libraries, bookstores, die cut, art related, children's, etc.). The photographs do not have to show each individual bookmark but should be arranged to give a good idea of how many you will send to the winner. That way, we are not mailing bookmarks all over the world twice! And remember to tell us your lucky number for the raffle. Send your photos and information to the IFOB editor at ifobeditor(at)gmail.com and include your postal mailing address.
The bookmarks pledged by the winner of the raffle will be sent to a second place winner so that you don't receive back your own contributions to the raffle.
See below for examples of ways to photograph your contributions:
Donation of 538 bookmarks from Elly van der Horst
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Current status:
1673 bookmarks are in the raffle pot as of 22 February 2019 Donations:
Total number of donations: 743 |
Caroline Hemmens' donation
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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 |
Caroline Hemmens' donation
Donation of 100 bookmarks from Caroline Hemmens
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🎁🎁🎁 The winning ticket number is 52! - This ticket belongs to the winner of the World Bookmark Day Raffle 2019 🎁🎁🎁
The winner is Debrah Gai Lewis, Australia . Congratulations, !
The winner is Debrah Gai Lewis, Australia . Congratulations, !
15 from Regina Mačiulytė plus more to come from book fair
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Regina will donate some of these from the Vilnius Book Fair 26 February 2019
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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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Duplicates from Elly van der Horst's donation
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🎁 The Second Place Winner of the Raffle is Robin Brown, Australia! 🎁
The process for determining the winner of the raffle
All participants will be asked for an individual number between 1 and 99. Whereas all participants know their own number, they don't know the numbers of the other participants. At the end we will sum up all the individual numbers of the participants and will have a sum number. Let say that sum is 348. We have a certain number of raffle tickets at the end and each participant owns a part of the raffle tickets.
Here's an example to illustrate: let's say we have 8 participants and they have together 37 raffle tickets. The number of the winning ticket will be calculated by the following formula:
t = 348 / 37 = 9.40541 - 9 = 0.40541 x 37 = 15 The ticket numbers are given in the order of the participants' joining date. In our case, participant 1 has two tickets, no 1 and 2, participant 2 has 3 ticket (ticket number 3, 4, and 5), participant 3 has 2 tickets (ticket number 6 and 7) etc. There is only one exception in the calculation: if the calculation gives 0 that means the highest ticket number, in our case ticket number 51.
Well, this sounds rather complicated, however, it is completely verifiable and there is no chance of manipulating it by anybody. The lot is drawn by the participants themselves so to speak! All new participants should send along a photograph their bookmarks also an individual number between 1 and 99.
In order to prevent the winner from getting back his/her own bookmarks, the bookmarks of the winner will be given to a second winner. The second winner is the participant next to the winner according to the joining date (in this case we made it easy as the winning ticket is already determined). In case the winner is the last joining participant, the second winner is then the the first participant according to this logic.
Shipping and Mailing: The shipping costs for sending the bookmarks to the winner are covered by you, and we are not liable if your bookmarks get lost in the mail. We recommend that you send them with a record or tracking of the shipment.
Shipping address for your bookmarks: IFOB Raffle, [winner to be announced 25 February 2019]
Remember to enclose your name and email address when you send your bookmarks.. Bookmarks photo entries which arrive after 25 February 2019 will not participate in the raffle.
All participants will be asked for an individual number between 1 and 99. Whereas all participants know their own number, they don't know the numbers of the other participants. At the end we will sum up all the individual numbers of the participants and will have a sum number. Let say that sum is 348. We have a certain number of raffle tickets at the end and each participant owns a part of the raffle tickets.
Here's an example to illustrate: let's say we have 8 participants and they have together 37 raffle tickets. The number of the winning ticket will be calculated by the following formula:
t = 348 / 37 = 9.40541 - 9 = 0.40541 x 37 = 15 The ticket numbers are given in the order of the participants' joining date. In our case, participant 1 has two tickets, no 1 and 2, participant 2 has 3 ticket (ticket number 3, 4, and 5), participant 3 has 2 tickets (ticket number 6 and 7) etc. There is only one exception in the calculation: if the calculation gives 0 that means the highest ticket number, in our case ticket number 51.
Well, this sounds rather complicated, however, it is completely verifiable and there is no chance of manipulating it by anybody. The lot is drawn by the participants themselves so to speak! All new participants should send along a photograph their bookmarks also an individual number between 1 and 99.
In order to prevent the winner from getting back his/her own bookmarks, the bookmarks of the winner will be given to a second winner. The second winner is the participant next to the winner according to the joining date (in this case we made it easy as the winning ticket is already determined). In case the winner is the last joining participant, the second winner is then the the first participant according to this logic.
Shipping and Mailing: The shipping costs for sending the bookmarks to the winner are covered by you, and we are not liable if your bookmarks get lost in the mail. We recommend that you send them with a record or tracking of the shipment.
Shipping address for your bookmarks: IFOB Raffle, [winner to be announced 25 February 2019]
Remember to enclose your name and email address when you send your bookmarks.. Bookmarks photo entries which arrive after 25 February 2019 will not participate in the raffle.
RAFFLE NEWS
Julija Stankevičienė from Lithuania enters 30 bookmarks. 22 February 2019
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Kerrie More, Missouri, USA sends 135 bookmarks from public libraries, some advertising authors and his/her books, and numerous school bookmarks designed for libraries and students. 22 February 2019
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Maxfield Shea from Canada adds another 40 bookmarks including inspirational/Forest Service/Beavis & Butthead 17 February 2019
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Randy Whiteman from Canada enters 40 bookmarks! 28 January 2019
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1-5 of 10 bookmarks from Jane Schneider, Colorado, USA 28 January 2019
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6-10 of 10 bookmarks from Jane Schneider, Colorado, USA, 28 January 2019
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Regina Mačiulytė from Lithuania contributed 50 bookmarks 14 January 2019
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80 bookmarks from Robin Brown, Australia. Thanks! 4 January 2019
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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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We have a new entry from Jocienė Vilija in Lithuania of 45 bookmarks. Thank you ! 29 November 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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75 bookmarks donated by Laine Farley. These are for children's books, mostly fiction. Two with tassels for Harry Potter, one that is a tattoo, one that has "scratch and sniff", many well known authors and interesting graphics. There may be more to come - check back! 20 November 2018
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A collection of 400 bookmarks donated by Marcos Rippel, Brasil.. Wow!! 17 October 2018
We don't know, of course, how many bookmarks there will be in the raffle pot at the end. However, we will inform about the incoming bookmarks with a picture each time and the total number of bookmarks on the pile. Thus the development of the prize bookmarks can be followed on this page.
Please do spread the word about the raffle, and invite your friends to join in. The winning prize will increase with the number of players. We wish good luck to all participants.
Please do spread the word about the raffle, and invite your friends to join in. The winning prize will increase with the number of players. We wish good luck to all participants.
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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?
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See Fun with Woboda Bookmarks for Gaby Dondlinger's recent adventures with Woboda and Wobo.
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5. LOCAL EVENTS: Organize a Display and/or Bookmark Swap in Your Local Library or Bookstore
Just ask your local library to help celebrate World Bookmark Day!
As far as we know, only few libraries have organised bookmark swaps yet, and in most cases the initiative came from collectors. However, libraries are generally interested in hosting events and thus they are likely to be receptive for the idea of a bookmark swap or a display in their rooms. Offer to help in organizing the event and see what happens. It can be an exciting experience for you to discover other collectors in your area on this occasion. You can write us about a successful attempt, and we'll report about it here, if you wish also with some pictures. Such a swap report might encourage other collectors to try it as well. We are curious to hear from you. Please contact our webmaster for questions and submissions.
You can also ask libraries or bookstores if they would display bookmarks for World Bookmark Day. You could print some of the designs on this page, make posters of copies of some in your own collection or use bookmarks from the library or bookstore. There are many possibilities!
Another option: Try to get an article published in a local magazine or newspaper.
Exhibit at The Seaside Museum by Georgina Baines
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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
TBS News, March 2019, p. 531
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From Gaby Dondlinger: A lady who manages a Little Free Library in Germany published this article in a local magazine.
From our member Vilija Jocienė : We participate in the exhibition of these events in our small Kaunatava library in Telšiai district of Lithuania. We organized an exhibition, but we will mention the whole week and we will prepare tabbed workshops Beautiful days and plans for next year
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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. |
UCSD Woboda display - a range of bookmarks
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UC San Diego Woboda display cases
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UC San Diego Woboda display and reference books
Oakland, California, USA: The Dimond branch of the Oakland Public Library is hosting a bookmark display from Laine Farley's collection during the month of February.
Left and right bookmarks by Oakland artist Mary V. Marsh; In My Book from our sponsor, Robin Blum
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From Oakland
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Through the Decades: 1870s-1900s
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Through the Decades: 1950s-1960s
Librarian Rebekah Eppley who sponsored the display and Creative Crafts event.
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Through the Decades: 1910s-1920s and Around the World
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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.
Dimond Library Woboda crafts - raw materials
Dimond Library Woboda crafts - father and son hard at work
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Dimond Library Woboda crafts - looking for inspiration and creating bookmarks
Dimond Library Woboda crafts - some final products
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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!! |
7. DONATE TO PROMOTE THE WORLD BOOKMARK DAY
Your donations will be used to promote the World Bookmark Day. We would like to support the Asim Maner award for promoting bookmarks and any future contests. There are also mailing fees for the raffle and printing fees for printing downloadable bookmarks. Even $5 is a fantastic donation for this purpose. Please contact the webmaster to make a donation
If we get more donations as needed for the prizes, we'll use them to promote the World Bookmark Day with additional activities.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Your donations will be used to promote the World Bookmark Day. We would like to support the Asim Maner award for promoting bookmarks and any future contests. There are also mailing fees for the raffle and printing fees for printing downloadable bookmarks. Even $5 is a fantastic donation for this purpose. Please contact the webmaster to make a donation
If we get more donations as needed for the prizes, we'll use them to promote the World Bookmark Day with additional activities.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
8. Join us as a sponsor if you are a person, company, or society with a relation to reading, books, and
bookmarks
We need funds to promote the activities associated with the World Bookmark Day. Sponsors can join us with a donation to this end. We also welcome other possibilities of cooperation with our sponsors. Sponsors will be portrayed on this page with their relation to reading, books and bookmarks, and with special activities initiated by them. For applications, please contact our webmaster.
bookmarks
We need funds to promote the activities associated with the World Bookmark Day. Sponsors can join us with a donation to this end. We also welcome other possibilities of cooperation with our sponsors. Sponsors will be portrayed on this page with their relation to reading, books and bookmarks, and with special activities initiated by them. For applications, please contact our webmaster.
Our Sponsors
IN MY BOOK
We are excited and grateful to receive a donation of 5 bookmark greeting cards for the Asim Maner Award from Robin Blum, owner of In My Book. These clever cards have reading and literature related sayings and the bookmark can be detached. What more could you want? Thank you Robin for supporting IFOB for the second year in a row!
Website: In My Book web site and Etsy shop
We are excited and grateful to receive a donation of 5 bookmark greeting cards for the Asim Maner Award from Robin Blum, owner of In My Book. These clever cards have reading and literature related sayings and the bookmark can be detached. What more could you want? Thank you Robin for supporting IFOB for the second year in a row!
Website: In My Book web site and Etsy shop
CAROLINE HEMMENS, BOOKMARK AND EPHEMERA DEALER
A bookmark and ephemera dealer, Caroline will be donating 100 British themed bookmarks to the Woboda raffle. She has carefully selected these to include both modern and vintage examples. Thank you Caroline!
Website: hawthornstrading on ebay.co.uk
A bookmark and ephemera dealer, Caroline will be donating 100 British themed bookmarks to the Woboda raffle. She has carefully selected these to include both modern and vintage examples. Thank you Caroline!
Website: hawthornstrading on ebay.co.uk
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Further information about bookmarks and the World Bookmark Day
You may be surprised to hear that bookmarks accompany books for 2000 years already. This is a brand new information unveiled by the research work done by members of our community, the International Friends of Bookmarks (IFOB). Details are given in the report Earliest History of Bookmarks. Before this publication, it was thought that the earliest bookmarks were used in medieval ages in European monasteries.
There has been a discussion about pros and cons of launching a World Bookmark Day in our community. As a result, we started this project on 23 April 2016. Details can be found on our Blog: please click the category "World Bookmark Day"
You may be surprised to hear that bookmarks accompany books for 2000 years already. This is a brand new information unveiled by the research work done by members of our community, the International Friends of Bookmarks (IFOB). Details are given in the report Earliest History of Bookmarks. Before this publication, it was thought that the earliest bookmarks were used in medieval ages in European monasteries.
There has been a discussion about pros and cons of launching a World Bookmark Day in our community. As a result, we started this project on 23 April 2016. Details can be found on our Blog: please click the category "World Bookmark Day"
