Uncovering the Lost Treasures: The Forgotten Bookmarks of Readers and the Reading Patterns of Library Personnel

Title: The Forgotten Bookmarks and Reading Patterns of Library Personnel

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A college research paper and PowerPoint on bookmarks featuring a brief historical background that informs people about the types of bookmarks first used and made in history, leading them to the project's research methodology, participants, six types of bookmarks used and left behind by readers, interesting bookmarks librarians have discovered, bookmark importance, librarian bookmark recommendations, librarian observations of patron patterns, and the parallel and contrasts of librarians' work and personal reading patterns. 

Written in April 2023

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Discussion Questions:

1. Do you have any patterns/habits when it comes to reading or using bookmarks for personal or work reading?

2. What types of bookmarks do you use when reading?

3. Have you ever found a photograph left behind in a book? If so, what type of photo and

what was the book it was left in?

4. Have you ever found any written Correspondence (letters, cards, lyrics, invites, telegraphs, tickets) left behind in a book? If so, what type and what was the book it was left in?

5. Have you ever found any written Ephemera (notes, lists, poems, essays, verses, announcements) left behind in a book? If so, what type and what was the book it was left in?

6. Have you ever found any Official Docs: (receipts, ads, invoices, pamphlets, notices, school docs, business docs, score/sports cards) left behind in a book? If so, what type and what was the book it was left in a book?

7. Have you ever found any curiosity bookmarks (drawings, maps, music sheets, recipes, blades, bands, tags, signs, clippings, food, etc.) left behind in a book? If so, what type and what was the book it was left in?

8. Have you ever found any regular bookmarks (silk, ribbon, paper, cardboard, etc.) left behind in a book? If so, what type and what was the book it was left in?

9. What are some interesting things you have found left behind in a book?

10. What are some things you have left behind in a book whether by accident or on purpose for the next reader to find?