Since professional development funds in my college have been cut by 80% and the new purchasing/reimbursement system is unnecessarily baroque (no disrespect to Baroque--I actually like the period's art and music!), I've stopped buying books for the near future.
It has been tough--I keep seeing books like Anna Beth Keim's Heaven Does Not Block All Roads: A History of Taiwan Through the Life of Huang Chin-tao that I'd like to get.
On the other hand, maybe it will force me to read the books I already own. (Actually, all I'm reading these days is student work and drafts of my co-authors' chapters for the GHK biography.)
As for my professional development money? When "donation day" comes around, I'll tell them to donate it to the school...
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