Bookmark Collector

Another set of bookmark related links from April 26 through May 2.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Yay! Another Frank X. Roberts article at BlblioBuffet, this one discussing Medieval bookmarks. Frank’s expertise on the history of bookmarks is amazing and his articles are engrossing - Link
Jen at Needle and ThREAD has a couple of announcements in her post [...]

Back again with more bookmark related links that I’ve found, from April 19 through April 25 (and maybe a few from the 26th!).
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Deanna Dahlsad over at Collector’s Quest has an interesting interview with an economics professor on collecting and consumerism - Link
Jen, over at Needle and ThREAD, has a post where she [...]

Well, I survived tax time and was still able to track down a few links this week. Here are the ones I collected from April12 through April 18.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
At BiblioBuffet, Lauren’s bookmark inspired article is about encyclopedias: their history, development, and a bit of their taxonomy - Link
Over at the Ephemera blog, Marty [...]

It’s a light week of entries this time, although I found several interesting articles by non-collectors discussing bookmarks that inspired them. These links cover my findings from April 5 through April 11.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Lauren at BiblioBuffet has served up another fascinating article inspired by a bookmark in her collection. This time, a look at [...]

Here is another weeks worth of bookmark links collected from around the inter-tubes from March 29 through April 4.
Please let me know if you come across (or have) a bookmark related link or announcement that should be included in the next Bookmark roundup.
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Over at the Ephemera Collector, Marty Weil has collected a [...]

Another week of bookmark related links. This entry covers the week from Saturday, March 22 through Sunday, March 28.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
With one of her bookmarks as inspiration, Lauren has delivered another fascinating article. This one is on the history of playing cards - Link

NOTE: There was a change in the way the BiblioBuffet website [...]

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from March 8 through March 14.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks in The News
Articles:
Laine Farley’s article this week at BiblioBuffet is about the dispersion of the Berlin Wall and is inspired by a bookmark with an encased piece that wall - Link
Buried in this blog entry is a description of [...]

It’s been 10 weeks since my last entry, and the obvious question is “what happened?”
Well, the simple answer is that I just got extremely busy: the usual holiday pressures, add in a major work project with a short deadline, overtime through the holidays, etc, etc.
However, the more involved answer includes the fact that my time [...]

Antioch Publishing has expanded their recall of bookmarks due to excessive lead in the paint. There are now approximately 200 000 bookmarks recalled. This site has has some images of the metal bookmarks being recalled, so please check them out to determine whether you have any of these in your collections.
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There have been quite a few bookmark related items in the news since my last update:
Create a Bookmark in Crete, IL
The Crete (Illinois) Public Library is holding a bookmark design contest with the goal of encouraging kids to read. They’ve teamed with a local bank to sponsor the event. There are two age groups [...]