Bookmark Collector

Items found during the week from 15 February to 22 February 2008.
BOOKMARKS IN THE NEWS
Informarion:
At BiblioBuffet, Laine Farley has an interesting article discussing corner bookmarks - Link
Designs:
An image of some interesting animal shaped bookmarks, but I can’t find the manufacturer - Link
A bookmark design contest in North Yorkshire, England supporting a campaign encouraging kids to [...]

I’m currently traveling in Guatemala, which is why my posts have been somewhat infrequent. Internet access is pretty good, but traveling creates its own demands, and so I haven’t had as much time to scour the web for bits of bookmark news and information.
However, I have had time to add a couple of new items [...]

Announcements for the Spot Me Bookmark have been bouncing around the internet in the last day or so. The feature that makes it unique is the sliding pointer.
As you can see in the photo, the shape is the same as a basic bookmark. However, there’s a simple sliding mechanism that allows a pointer to be [...]

The poet Heather Swan Rosenthal has won the Wisconsin Center For The Book’s 2007 Poetry Bookmark Contest. Apparently, the non-profit organization Wisconson Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters has an annual contest where poets from the state submit their work, and the winner has his or her poem published on a bookmark. The poem [...]