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Books
and Booklists Books
matter and the books one chooses to read matter and the books one
chooses to keep matter. Some of us allow the public library to keep
most of the books we read for us which is fine as the people working
there are hopefully trained professionals (see
Letter to UCLA Bruin) and most of us have
limited space. However, a wise man once reflected for us that he had
never understood why it was that he had always felt a certain unease
in libraries until one day it dawned on him. The librarians and he
were at cross purposes. He wanted to use and absorb the collection
and the librarians wanted to keep it organized on the shelves and in
place. That is their jobs after all, to be anal compulsive so the
rest of us don't have to. But we digress. Some of us collect the
books we read and organize them on our shelves using different stratagems
that vary from piling them pell mell as we get them to arranging
them in some coherent manner. Some of us never read the books we
collect but display them to appear more erudite and interesting.
Books are central to the decor in some dwellings (see Shelving
the Millennium). This space is devoted to the sharing of booklists, a
place to post them for those who keep them. Lists of what people
have read, plan to read, or think should be required reading for
others. Cataloging schemes and display strategies
are also of interest and will be posted. Nothing gives more insight
to a person than a list of what is in their libraries save perhaps a
view inside their medicine cabinet. Anonymous postings are accepted
and encouraged. Those who want to include an inventory of their
medicine cabinets will be accommodated.
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