Welcome to our page WORLD BOOKMARK DAY (WOBODA)
Updated 2 March 2023 check back for updates
New: Winners announced and new activities added.
New: Winners announced and new activities added.
PRINTABLE BOOKMARKS- 8 | BOOKMARK RAFFLE-777 - WINNER: Olav Claassen, Spain | LOCAL EVENTS: 6
ASIM MANER AWARD WINNER: Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania | COLLECTION AWARD WINNER: no entrants | AND MORE!
ASIM MANER AWARD WINNER: Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania | COLLECTION AWARD WINNER: no entrants | AND MORE!
@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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See also examples from previous years are in the Woboda Gallery.
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We are delighted to launch the SEVENTH annual World Bookmark Day 25 February 2023 - WORLD BOOKMARK DAY (WOBODA) We celebrate the readers' little helper and the ever faithful companion of books for 2000 years. Do you like, collect or produce bookmarks? Join us to spread the word about this worldwide event! We continue to celebrate 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 2022. 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 have accompanied 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 2023
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 2023
www.ifobookmarks.org/woboda.
Include Your Name - Your status (collector, artist, designer) from (your country) - your web site or social media. You may also add this information to the design. Thank you!
World Bookmark Day (or just Woboda)
25 February 2023
www.ifobookmarks.org/woboda.
Include Your Name - Your status (collector, artist, designer) from (your country) - your web site or social media. You may also add this information to the design. 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: [name], [city], [country];
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: [name], [city], [country];
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1. Gintautas Deksnys, Kaunas City, Lithuania
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2. Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania
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Gintautas Deksnys, Lithuania
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Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania
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Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania
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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. Laine Farley, Oakland, California, USA
Laine Farley, USA
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4. Rosemarie Abel, Duisberg, Germany
Attention: Don't click on the images for downloading (you get a small image in this case). Instead, click on the link "Download File"
Rosemarie Abel, Germany
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Rosemarie Abel, Germany
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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"
Rosemarie Abel, Germanky
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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"
Are you a designer, artist, or illustrator? Would you like to create a new design for World Bookmark Day? Contact our webmaster.
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2. 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 2023 - 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 include a huge number of bookmarks, And they can be won by you! |
Example of how to photograph your bookmarks: stack them, fan them out
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Requirements:
1. Send us only photographs of the bookmarks you wish to contribute to participate in the raffle and the total number. 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.
2. It is fine to include a few duplicates, but try to find as many individual bookmarks as possible.
3. Include a brief description of the types of bookmarks (e.g., publishers, libraries, bookstores, die cut, art related, children's, etc.). And remember to tell us your lucky number for the raffle.
4. Send your photos and information to the IFOB editor at ifobeditor(at)gmail.com and include your postal mailing address.
5. Send your pledge at any time, but the deadline is January 15, 2023 (Revised to January 25, 2023). We must receive at least 5 entrants in order to hold the raffle.
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:
1. Send us only photographs of the bookmarks you wish to contribute to participate in the raffle and the total number. 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.
2. It is fine to include a few duplicates, but try to find as many individual bookmarks as possible.
3. Include a brief description of the types of bookmarks (e.g., publishers, libraries, bookstores, die cut, art related, children's, etc.). And remember to tell us your lucky number for the raffle.
4. Send your photos and information to the IFOB editor at ifobeditor(at)gmail.com and include your postal mailing address.
5. Send your pledge at any time, but the deadline is January 15, 2023 (Revised to January 25, 2023). We must receive at least 5 entrants in order to hold the raffle.
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:
Current status:
777 bookmarks are in the raffle pot as of 20 February 2023
Donations:
Total number of donations: 157
777 bookmarks are in the raffle pot as of 20 February 2023
Donations:
- Winner's choice of 30 from: adult books, teen/young adult books, children's books, publishers, or libraries from Laine Farley.
- Personal collection from Pat Crepeau: 67
- Donation from Ana Matos: 60 (or 70)
Total number of donations: 157
Adult books
Publishers
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Teen/ young adults books
Winner chooses 30 from these five groups.
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Children's books
Libraries
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Pat Crepeau contacted us with a generous offer of her collection of 67 bookmarks. Pat had been collecting since childhood, and says, "When I got a bookmark, I just put it in the box I kept them in, and let them build up. Every once in a while I would look at them. I never used them, because when I’m reading I have a different system." Now she is decluttering and wanted to find a good home for these bookmarks. Thanks, Pat! 8 November 2022
Pat Crepeau's collection
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Pat Crepeau's collection in their storage box
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Donation from Ana Matos
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Donation from Ana Matos
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Number of participants: 7
Number of bookmarks contributed by participants: 620
Number of raffle tickets: 62
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. Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania: 40 bookmarks (4 tickets, no. 1-4) (sent to winner dd mm)
2. Tracey Allen, Australia: 40 bookmarks (4 tickets, no. 5-8) (sent to winner dd mm)
3. Marcos Rippel, Brazil: 200 bookmarks (20 tickets, no. 9-28) (sent to winner dd mm)
4. Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania: 100 bookmarks (10 tickets, no. 29-38) (sent to winner dd mm)
5. Randy Whiteman, Canada: 30 bookmarks (3 tickets, no. 39-41) (sent to winner dd mm)
6. Karen Marshall, USA: 50 bookmarks (5 tickets, no. 42-46) (sent to winner dd mm)
7. Olav Claassen, Spain: 160 bookmarks (16 tickets, no. 47-62 (sent to winner dd mm)
Total number of bookmarks: 777 ; Total number of tickets: 62 ; Total of lucky numbers: 115
Number of bookmarks contributed by participants: 620
Number of raffle tickets: 62
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. Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania: 40 bookmarks (4 tickets, no. 1-4) (sent to winner dd mm)
2. Tracey Allen, Australia: 40 bookmarks (4 tickets, no. 5-8) (sent to winner dd mm)
3. Marcos Rippel, Brazil: 200 bookmarks (20 tickets, no. 9-28) (sent to winner dd mm)
4. Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania: 100 bookmarks (10 tickets, no. 29-38) (sent to winner dd mm)
5. Randy Whiteman, Canada: 30 bookmarks (3 tickets, no. 39-41) (sent to winner dd mm)
6. Karen Marshall, USA: 50 bookmarks (5 tickets, no. 42-46) (sent to winner dd mm)
7. Olav Claassen, Spain: 160 bookmarks (16 tickets, no. 47-62 (sent to winner dd mm)
Total number of bookmarks: 777 ; Total number of tickets: 62 ; Total of lucky numbers: 115
🎁🎁🎁 The winning ticket number is 53! - This ticket belongs to the winner of the World Bookmark Day Raffle 2023 🎁🎁🎁
The winner is Olav Claassen . Congratulations!
The winner is Olav Claassen . Congratulations!
The second place winner receives:
- the bookmarks submitted by the winner to prevent the winner from getting his/her own bookmarks back.
- Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania, has also donated 30 bookmarks from the Vilnius Book Fair, held February 23-26.
- Gaby Dondlinger, Luxumbourg, has donated one of her tiny book creations. See under Asim Maner award for choices.
The second place winner is the participant next to the winner, as declared before.. This means:
🎁 The Second Place Winner of the Raffle is Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania! 🎁
🎁 The Second Place Winner of the Raffle is Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania! 🎁
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 2023]
Remember to enclose your name and email address when you send your bookmarks.
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 2023]
Remember to enclose your name and email address when you send your bookmarks.
RAFFLE NEWS
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 pledged. 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.
Photos, number of bookmarks, and participants will be listed here by date entered.
40 from Vilija Jocienė who made one from her library (the first one from the right with the library sign), and the other is from last year's promotion, with a blue-yellow stripe
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40 bookmarks from Tracey Allen from bookshops, libraries, schools, publishers, Australian companies and organisations as well as publishing industry awards.
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200 bookmarks from Brazil, different publishers, no duplicates from Marcos Rippel 17 January 2023
50 bookmarks from Karen Marshall, USA, 25 January 2023
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100 bookmarks from Regina Mačiulytė, from countries in Eastern Europe 17 January 2023
30 bookmarks, mostly bookstore themed, from Randy Whiteman 20 January 2023
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from Olav Claassen, Spain
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from Olav Claassen, Spain
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Olav Claassen, Spain donates 160 bookmarks incuding a batch of Portugese ones, a lot of different ones from a well known book market in the Netherlands, including complete series, a few puzzles where multiple bookmarks make up an image. and last but not least a group of beautiful bookmarks issued by a well known publisher, Cossee, plus some unassorted ones. 20 February 2023
from Olav Claassen, Spain
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from Olav Claassen, Spain
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3. 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
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.
Send your pics to: ifobeditor(at)gmail.com.
4. 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.
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1. Scott Paulson and Karen Nance, San Diego, California, USA: Scott and Nancy have collaborated for the second year on a special event. Nancy, librarian at the Preuss School, is holding a bookmark contest for students. The theme is “Social Justice”. Scott, the Exhibits and Events Coordinator at University of California, San Diego, will have a special display for the students' bookmarks in February and March along with other bookmarks on display. He is planning a bookmark making event on 25 February in the display area of the UCSD Geisel Library. 10 January 2023 Here is information on the exhibit. 14 March 2023
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2. Gintautas Deksnys, Kaunas City, Lithuania: He has been invited to several (3) creative meetings in Lithuanian cities, during which he will give away the bookmarks he created for World Bookmark Day (see above), popularizing IFOB's activities and goals. 12 January 2023
First event: My students and I volunteered by making cushions on the benches at St. Lauryn's Church, Lithuania. After the mass, I told the audience about World Bookmark Day and handed out 2 of my bookmarks.
St. Mass St. Laurynas church (Lithuania), when we celebrated WOBoDA 2023 bookmarks together. "Teacher, member of the IFOB, collector Gintautas Deksnys presented a bookmarks to the participants of the event. 15 January 2023
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Newspaper article about the event, "A Lesson in Kindness"
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Translation of the article:
LESSON OF KINDNESS
"We, the students and teachers of the King's Mindaugas Vocational Training Center, appealing to the emotional call to being: for the Motherland, the country, the city, the town and the person, while learning to live with love for the purpose of growing and strengthening the inner "I", without obliging anyone, we ask you to accept this modest gift from us - self-made cushions on the benches", - these words are spoken by the students of the Center's Events and Recreation Services Program in 2023. January 15 Sundays of during the St. mass, gifts were presented by Skriaudžiai to the pastor Antanas Mickevičius of the St. Lauryn‘s Church..
"Everything comes from love. Even in the smallest things we put the most perfect. The path of each of us is drawn with holistic insights: through being, through giving, through acquisition and through transition - the ability to share. This lesson in kindness was shared by the founders of the campaign, vocational teachers Rūta Urbelienė and Gintautas Deksnys, together with family doctor Rūta Vilkauskiene.
Sometimes that little is all you need. And at the end, there are traditionally gifts - bookmarks, accompanying outstanding new searches and dissemination“.
LESSON OF KINDNESS
"We, the students and teachers of the King's Mindaugas Vocational Training Center, appealing to the emotional call to being: for the Motherland, the country, the city, the town and the person, while learning to live with love for the purpose of growing and strengthening the inner "I", without obliging anyone, we ask you to accept this modest gift from us - self-made cushions on the benches", - these words are spoken by the students of the Center's Events and Recreation Services Program in 2023. January 15 Sundays of during the St. mass, gifts were presented by Skriaudžiai to the pastor Antanas Mickevičius of the St. Lauryn‘s Church..
"Everything comes from love. Even in the smallest things we put the most perfect. The path of each of us is drawn with holistic insights: through being, through giving, through acquisition and through transition - the ability to share. This lesson in kindness was shared by the founders of the campaign, vocational teachers Rūta Urbelienė and Gintautas Deksnys, together with family doctor Rūta Vilkauskiene.
Sometimes that little is all you need. And at the end, there are traditionally gifts - bookmarks, accompanying outstanding new searches and dissemination“.
Second Event: On the occasion of the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania (February 16) with children aged 5-8, we organized a creative-educational afternoon "I am Lithuanian" with the aim of making a bookmark for yourself and a friend. I will award the best authors of bookmarks on February 25
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3. Vilija Jocienė, Vilnius, Lithuania: Kaunatava Library marks this day every year with events, educations, bookmark exhibitions. This year they will have book mark workshops, Vilija has prepared an exhibition and will present a video of photos of book marks and covers that she drew called "Book Dress". Here is a shot from it and you can view it on Facebook. 14 January 2023
Joining the International Friends of Bookmarks initiative, an exhibition of handmade bookmarks by Jurgita Plindinaitė-Maljonienė was opened in the Telšių rajono Karolonos Pranuauskaitės VB Kaunatava library Lituania. And those who wanted to make a bookmark with their own hands did it very creatively and tried to make it meaningful and original. This is not the only activity on this occasion in the library, On Monday children will make bookmarks. 25 February 2023
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On Monday, February 27, 2023, the children of the day care center gathered in the library and made colored bookmarks, thus joining the International Book Marking Day. We talked about the purpose of bookmarks, what they are like, the history of their origin and got down to work. The bookmarks turned out to be exclusive and original.
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4. Man Wong, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Bookmarklovers gathered together on World Bookmark Day. There is a Bookmark Exhibition, DIY your Bookmark by upcycling from disposable books. Bookmark Lovers shared their own collection and we exchanged bookmarks too. We have a great day and all of us enjoy this activity. We will keep this spirit rolling !
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4. Liz Bartlett, England: First meeting of bookmark collectors in South of England. Just the two of us. Maybe you can join us next year. Happy World Bookmark Day everyone! Editor's note: It's great to start small! Thanks, Liz.
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5. Karen Marshall, USA: I spent some time today distributing lots and lots of this years beautiful and official 2023 bookmarks! 🙂🔖
I visited a used book exchange, my local Barnes & Noble and a thrift store where I've picked up several for my collection. Here are photos from two of the locations. 24 February 2023
I visited a used book exchange, my local Barnes & Noble and a thrift store where I've picked up several for my collection. Here are photos from two of the locations. 24 February 2023
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6. Vilija Jocienė on the Vilnius Book Fair: I want to share my impressions. The book fair is always full not only of impressions, but also of book marks 🙂 This year there are even 105 of them. And where else can you exchange with collectors Regina Mačiulytė and Julija Karanauskaitė Stankevičienė. Meeting at the book fair has already become a tradition for us 🙂. This year, I brought back such unique tabs as ever - with autographs, written in Japanese, one-of-a-kind, artistic and even my snapshot became a book mark 🙂 The most special one, which Ukrainian girls taught to weave only from yellow and blue ribbons, after all, last year, at the book fair, we heard this a terrible word, which is not from the history of books, but in reality it is very close - war.
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Here is my bookmark girl. I sculpted her to store my bookmarks for sorting, storing and counting
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5. ASIM MANER AWARD FOR PROMOTING BOOKMARKS
This 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, 2023 to the webmaster.
This 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, 2023 to the webmaster.
The winner will receive:
- Handmade bookmark by Ana Matos which is a tribute to a famous singer of Fado Portuguese
- 30 bookmarks from Lithuanian publisher Nieko rimto (Nothing Seriously) donated by Regina Mačiulytė
- Handmade tiny book creation from Gaby Dondlinger, Luxembourg. First choice of bookmark, necklace, key ring, or brooch. Others will go to Collection Award winner raffle winner and second place raffle winner. Brooch and key ring have a book cover made of copies of old Luxembourg registers; necklace has a book cover made of a Luxembourg city map and a "Melusina" charm; bookmark is in the shape of a "Melusina" with a book cover showing a scene from the big annual fair "Schueberfouer" .
Handmade bookmark by Ana Matos which is a tribute to a famous singer of Fado Portuguese
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Children's book publisher in Vilnius, Lithuania
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Key ring with book cover from old Luxembourg register by Gaby Dondlinger
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Brooch
with book cover from old Luxembourg register by Gaby Dondlinger
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Necklace with book cover made of a Luxembourg city map and a "Melusina" charm by Gaby Dondlinger
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Bookmark in the shape of Melusina and book cover showing a scene from the big annual fair "Schueberfouer" by Gaby Dondlinger
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The winner for 2023 is Vilija Jocienė, Vilnius, Lithuania. She has promoted bookmarks in the following ways:
- Sharing information about her love of bookmarks on the World Bookmark Day Facebook page.
- Organizing events at Kaunas Library over the past few years, including this year:
- Preparing an exhibition
- Presenting a video of photos of book marks and covers that she drew called "Book Dress” and sharing it on Facebook.
- Organizing a bookmark making event for children.
- Reporting on the Vilnius Book Fair where you met with other collectors and found new bookmarks.
- General support, encouragement and enthusiasm about IFOB activities and bookmarks.
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6. BOOKMARK COLLECTION AWARD
The winner is: No entrants, no award this year 😥 This award recognizes an outstanding collection based on the subject of the collection or the format of materials, whether the collection has been recognized by other organizations, or whether you have written about it or promoted it in some other way. The criteria to be considered include:
Submit your entry by February 20, 2023 to the webmaster. |
Bookla Bookmarks design, "Booklover"
Last year's winner: Jonathan Xuereb for his Book Depository Collection: see examples on his Facebook page and Instagram
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7. DONATE TO PROMOTE THE WORLD BOOKMARK DAY
Your donations of prizes, bookmarks for the raffle, or money 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 use the donate button, or contact the webmaster to donate prizes or bookmarks. 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! |
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8. Join us as a sponsor if you are a person, company, or society with a relation to reading, books, and
bookmarks
Sponsors can join us with a donation of funds to promote World Bookmark Day activities. We also welcome other possibilities of cooperation with our sponsors, including donation of bookmarks or other prizes. Sponsors will be portrayed on this page with their relation to reading, books and bookmarks, and with special activities initiated by them. For more information, please contact our webmaster.
bookmarks
Sponsors can join us with a donation of funds to promote World Bookmark Day activities. We also welcome other possibilities of cooperation with our sponsors, including donation of bookmarks or other prizes. Sponsors will be portrayed on this page with their relation to reading, books and bookmarks, and with special activities initiated by them. For more information, please contact our webmaster.
Our Sponsors
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Bookla
Producers of beautiful and unique textile bookmarks that respect books as well as the environment. They are woven in a loom offering the best quality. They have donated four bookmarks for this year's Woboda. Since April 2021, we donate portion of our earnings to Echo Refugee Library, for them to buy more than 10 Arabic fiction books and 7 Farsi books. Also, we are proud to provide six months of subscriptions of the use of the We Need Books library to 3 individuals who cannot afford a subscription of their own. And we donated Bookla bookmarks for them to sell to their Christmas fair last week. For more about how Eugenia and Giannis started their bookmark business see About Us. www.booklabookmarks.com |
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Further information about bookmarks and the World Bookmark Day
You may be surprised to hear that bookmarks have accompanied books for 2000 years. This is 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 was 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 of Woboda activities can be found on our Blog: please click the category "World Bookmark Day"
You may be surprised to hear that bookmarks have accompanied books for 2000 years. This is 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 was 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 of Woboda activities can be found on our Blog: please click the category "World Bookmark Day"
