Book margin notes

-Contributed by Emily Gainer. Most libraries frown on writing in books. At the CHP, we like to see the handwritten notes psychologists have made in the books that they donate. Recently, I have been…

The Margin Project - Designate a group of books for this project where students are encouraged to write in the margins and share their thoughts with others!

Discover marks, codes, & abbreviations to support reader annotation. Note-taking alongside annotations allows readers to remember their thoughts.

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A little breakdown of my work commonplace book: • Notebook is an A5 size @leuchtturm1917usa notebook with 80 gsm paper. • Stickers mark the general topic (color) and the type of note (icon). The stickers are from @randispaperco • I hand draw a margin that is 5 grid spaces from the left using pencil. The margin is for short notes. If I have a lot of thoughts, I’ll write it after my copied text entry. • Black or gray ink writing is my thoughts and notes. • Colored ink writing is copied…

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Last page of notes; very interesting book. After this point, I started to bog down.

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A breakdown of my work commonplace book. ✨ I gotta say, I love using colored ink for copied text and black or gray ink for notes and annotations. It helps me distinguish between the two easily, and I get to use more of my colored ink!

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A little breakdown of my work commonplace book: • Notebook is an A5 size @leuchtturm1917usa notebook with 80 gsm paper. • Stickers mark the general topic (color) and the type of note (icon). The stickers are from @randispaperco • I hand draw a margin that is 5 grid spaces from the left using pencil. The margin is for short notes. If I have a lot of thoughts, I’ll write it after my copied text entry. • Black or gray ink writing is my thoughts and notes. • Colored ink writing is copied…