The Patient Scholar

Reflections on Learning and Teaching

Tue, 30 Dec 2003

Reading list

I need to divest myself of stuff. I have decided that I am not a librarian or archivist, and that I don’t need to keep every book that I currently own, or every journal that I have ever acquired. But, I want to make sure that I remember what I have owned in the past, especially if I haven’t yet read it; I mean, after all, I picked up the book or journal for a reason in the first place.

So, I will create a reading list to keep track of those books and journal articles I wish to read. This will allow me to divest myself of the books and journals that I have, while preserving the information necessary to find them elsewhere (like a real library).