tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post345887646804894095..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Scholarly Base Maintenance MonthClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-1569682715387388422011-04-07T08:42:10.062-04:002011-04-07T08:42:10.062-04:00The Kindle page can be found at: kindle.amazon.com...The Kindle page can be found at: kindle.amazon.com.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-17051195251440500562011-04-07T08:24:43.488-04:002011-04-07T08:24:43.488-04:00Thanks! Despite doing a lot of reading on my Kindl...Thanks! Despite doing a lot of reading on my Kindle, I'd never heard of the Kindle page; it seems pretty useful. Now, off to make a list of everything I don't know!Shedding Khawatirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04643490050277557885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-33230924857249883872011-04-04T13:04:23.117-04:002011-04-04T13:04:23.117-04:00In terms of reviewing notes, the Kindle page has t...In terms of reviewing notes, the Kindle page has this service where every time you access it, it gives you random highlights from your books. i find that to be very helpful as it reminds me of things I read a while ago and might have forgotten about completely. <br /><br />I also get to review notes whenever I'm writing an article that might use these particular sources. Or before/after a conference where these sources are mentioned.<br /><br />As for selecting books one really needs, instead of letting them select themselves, it might be a good idea to follow the advice that Jonathan gives at prosedoctor.blogspot.com. He says that you need to create an inventory of your scholarly base. Just sit down and write a description of everything that you do and do not know, even if it doesn't pertain directly to your scholarly interests. My inventory could look something like the following:<br /><br />XVIII century literature: English - good; French - very good; German - limited; Spanish - better than most.<br /><br />XIX century literature: English, French, Russian, Spanish, german - outstanding. Italian - non-existent.<br /><br />Etc, etc, etc.<br /><br />Then, you identify weak areas and proceed to fill them in one by one.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-44418515310823685112011-04-04T12:55:27.886-04:002011-04-04T12:55:27.886-04:00Sorry, I mean, do you have a process set up for re...Sorry, I mean, do you have a process set up for reviewing the notes on things you've already read after a certain amount of time or by topic or something? Alternatively, if you have any ideas on how to stop getting books to select themselves, as with the advent of the Kindle I can no longer use lack of shelf space and moving a lot as an excuse . . . ;-)Shedding Khawatirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04643490050277557885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-68899702440937437402011-04-03T11:44:09.217-04:002011-04-03T11:44:09.217-04:00No, I just selected the books and read them one by...No, I just selected the books and read them one by one. Or, rather, the books selected themselves. :-) They just accumulated somehow and stood there on the shelf, clamoring for attention.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-13354926441818407702011-04-03T05:59:36.260-04:002011-04-03T05:59:36.260-04:00Thanks! Sorry for the much delayed reply--it's...Thanks! Sorry for the much delayed reply--it's currently difficult for me to be on the internet a lot. Do you have a way of organizing your review process?Shedding Khawatirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04643490050277557885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-13709267533157668892011-04-01T06:28:32.442-04:002011-04-01T06:28:32.442-04:00Ah, you do take notes. I wondered when you said yo...Ah, you do take notes. I wondered when you said you're a very fast reader. Because I am a very fast reader too, but it still took me a week to finish Liquid Modernity (which I noticed you were reading) because I wrote section synopses, quotations with page numbers, ideas with page numbers, and my own addendas, which linked certain ideas to specific works of other philosophers/thinkers. As much as I'd like to just keep reading without these interruptions, I've learned notebook-reading is the biggest research favour I can do myself.<br /><br />So, do you maintain an actual, searchable electronic base? I used to have one on my hard drive, but after I lost it when my laptop went wonky, I decided to maintain a private blog. Searchable, file-able (tags), and there till Google goes down :-)Rimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344200811838569151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-72222218466729536222011-03-31T17:35:05.786-04:002011-03-31T17:35:05.786-04:00I have a database where I record all books that I ...I have a database where I record all books that I have read and write small synopses for each. For philosophy and criticism I take notes. I now have piles of notebooks with notes. Of course, with the advent of Kindle it is much easier to keep notes in one place, organize and review them.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-64893741111571492362011-03-31T17:24:35.451-04:002011-03-31T17:24:35.451-04:00What do you do to keep your memory of what you rea...What do you do to keep your memory of what you read current? As in, how do you remember the themes and ideas from a specific book five or ten years from now? I often feel overwhelmed by the amount of things to keep current with, so I am curious as to how you deal with this.Shedding Khawatirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04643490050277557885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-4069947490953985362011-03-31T11:55:22.293-04:002011-03-31T11:55:22.293-04:00Thanks for the compliments, Clarissa.
One thing ...Thanks for the compliments, Clarissa. <br /><br />One thing I usually do is I spend one afternoon every so often just going through articles in journals connected to my studies. When I find one article that interest me, I just print it, even if it's not about something I'm working at that time. Then, at least one every three month, I make sure to take the time to read those printed articles. I've gotten a lot of ideas and knowledge based on that. <br /><br />By the way, I'm planning on reading "Reivindicación del Conde Don Julian" as soon as possible. I grew up in a household where my father said very seriously that the world is divided in two: those who think that Stendhal's "Rojo y Negro" is the best novel ever written, and those who think that that prize belongs to "La cartuja de Parma". A very typical Argentine Jewish household. Therefore, I need to read "the best novel of the twentieth century"Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.com