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CollectionsAvocational collection (574), Vocational collection (555), Faith collection (358), Your library (1,227), Read but unowned (95), Referenced (151), Wishlist (79), To read (13), Currently reading (5), To Evaluate (52), Favorites (160), Losers (bad books) (313), All collections (1,500)

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TagsNONFICTION (1,382), own (1,207), 1. AVOCATIONAL COLLECTION (579), 2. VOCATIONAL COLLECTION (560), 3. FAITH COLLECTION (361), 1.A ADVENTURE (289), 2.B CULTURES (186), USA (184), 3.C CHRISTIANITY (184), 2.A VOCATION (147) — see all tags

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GroupsBooks on Books, Early Reviewers, Maps and Atlases, Non-Fiction Readers, Oregonians, Outdoor Readers, Reading Globally, Taggers!, Travel and Exploration literature

Favorite authorsEdward Abbey, Ansel Adams, Miriam Adeney, David Baldacci, George Barna, Chris Bonington, Paul Borthwick, Phill Butler, John Le Carré, Clayton M. Christensen, Ted Dekker, John Dunning, Elisabeth Elliot, Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Thomas Hale, Edward T. Hall, Steve Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Tony Hillerman, E. Stanley Jones, Rudyard Kipling, Jon Krakauer, Gary Larson, C. S. Lewis, Robert Ludlum, Gordon MacDonald, Rabindranath R. Maharaj, Steve McCurry, Donald Anderson McGavran, Geoffrey A. Moore, David Muench, Patrick O'Brian, Sherry B. Ortner, Parker J. Palmer, John Piper, Eliot Porter, Raja Rao, Don Richardson, Bong Rin Ro, Galen Rowell, J. Oswald Sanders, Charles M. Schulz, Alex G. Smith, National Geographic Society, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward R. Tufte, Mark Twain, C. Peter Wagner, Bill Watterson, Art Wolfe, Philip Yancey, Muhammad Yunus (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresPowell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Powell's City of Books, Powell's Technical Books

Favorite librariesBeaverton City Library, Edmonds Library, Library of Congress

About meExperientially I am a husband, a father, an adventurer, a developer, a musician, a lover of natural beauty, and a man of faith. I have enjoyed living in Seattle, Washington; Southeast Asia; Pasadena, California; Kathmandu, Nepal; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Portland, Oregon. I have visited over 25 countries, but I still believe some of the world’s best natural beauty lies in the USA’s National Park system.

Vocationally I am a technology management professional with 20 years experience in the creation and delivery of innovative IT services, software/hardware products, Internet services, professional services and community development/ICT programs (for more see LinkedIn profile). I have long history of active service in the nonprofit sector and international work experience running programs in over 35 countries.

Avocationally I enjoy being a landscape photographer, a hand percussionist (drummer), a volleyball coach, an alpine mountaineer, a blue water sailor, and an unabashed bibliophile.

About my libraryI physically divide and shelve my personal library topically into three (mutually exclusive) areas:

• AVOCATIONAL COLLECTION – which covers my varied interests that I choose not to earn a living from at this time. Sample topics include: Mountaineering, General Adventure, Photography, Science and Mysteries/Thrillers.

• VOCATIONAL COLLECTION – covers topics I have personally used to earn a living. My working pursuits split broadly into Technology, Business, Cultures (i.e. cross cultural settings), and Vocation. They are further broken out into more granular topics like: International Affairs, Nonprofit Orgs, Leadership and Innovation, Marketing, Products and Services and South Asian Cultures.

• FAITH COLLECTION – covers the spiritual realm from a decidedly Christian worldview. My topics include World Religions, Theology, Missiology and General Christianity.

Geographic details:
• I have a fairly exhaustive collection of books on the Sherpa People of Nepal, who I had the privilege to live among for 4 years.
• I am drawn to books that evoke a strong sense of geographic “place”. This is reflected in both my selection of books as well as my tagging of them.
• My ADVENTURE Bookcase is further divided into shelves on Himalayan Region, Pacific Northwest, American Southwest and Southeast Asia to reflect the primary “places” of my personal exploration.
• Here is an interactive map representing most of the places I have been and have done business.

Process details:
• I shelve and tag my fiction topically, right along with my non-fiction.
• My personal taxonomy uses a hierarchical three-tier “Collection – Bookcase – Shelf” schema (for detailed list of all shelves see all tags). I welcome comments from anyone attempting to make sense of their own collection in a similar manner.

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Real nameScott David Anderson (Scott Anderson)

LocationBeaverton, Oregon, USA (previously: Seattle, Washington)

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Common KnowledgeSeries (103), Awards (128), Characters (1085), Places (325)

Member sinceFeb 28, 2007

Currently readingPhilosophy Made Slightly Less Difficult: A Beginner's Guide to Life's Big Questions by Garrett J. Deweese
The Library: An Illustrated History by Stuart A P Murray
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching, 2nd Edition by The Editors & Staff of Geocaching.com
Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education by Douglas Wilson
Don't Know Much About Literature: What You Need to Know but Never Learned About Great Books and Authors by Kenneth C. Davis