Summer Reading Project

I have a bachelors degree in English literature, a history minor, and am currently working on a Master's of Library Science. I created this blog so that I can publish my thoughts about what I'm reading--it's my extended summer reading project.

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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Am I getting Wikified?

The other night I was taking a look at some of the new reference books that have come into the library. One was the Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. The other one was the Supernatural fiction writers : contemporary fantasy and horror. As I flipped through the Intelligence book, which was published in 2005, my fingers kind of itched to update some of the information, especially the dates. And for the Supernatural writers, I kept wanting to flip around in the text and read about the authors mentioned in the articles about writers I've already read. When I you spent a lot of time just reading things on Wikipedia, you start to miss your instant cross references. I bounce from topic to topic so much that I have to admire people like A.J. Jacobs, who can resist the temptation to skip around and just read an encyclopedia through in order.

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Blogger J. Semenza said...

Too funny! Yes, you're definitely a wiki geek. :) -- J

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