I've not seen anything like that here.  Could you post a picture of the
bookmark?  That may help provide us a clue.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 11:17 AM Kathleen Spahn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Were they shelved correctly??? 😊😊
>
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> Subject: Re: [MELIBS-L] Mysterious book donations with bookmark: "Sparky
> was here—1978–2015"
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> I have nothing to add to this except - now I want to visit your library
> and see what treasures you must hide there! This sounds like the perfect
> beginning for a fantasy novel about books that appear on library shelves
> all containing the same bookmark! 😄 Clearly you have a totally cool
> library!
> ~Hope
>
> Hope Shafer
> Library Director
> Caribou Public Library
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> Subject: [MELIBS-L] Mysterious book donations with bookmark: "Sparky was
> here—1978–2015"
>
> I am curious if you have encountered any mysterious books in your stacks.
> The following non-cataloged books were recently found on Fogler Library
> shelves in different sections of the building. Each had a bookmark: "Sparky
> was here—1978–2015" with an image of a raised fist. Presumably, these are
> donations. All were published by Oxford University Press. Perhaps, there is
> a theme running through all of this that makes sense to you.
>
> *The Baseball Trust: A History of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption* by
> Stuart Banner *The Warden *by Anthony Trollope *A More Perfect Union * by
> Linda Sargent Wood *Albert Schweitzer: A Biography* by Nil Ole Oermann
>
> Best,
> Jerry
>
>
> Jerry Lund · Circulation Manager · Fogler Library, University of Maine,
> Orono, Maine 04469-5729
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