The Committed Reader: Reading for Utility, Pleasure, and Fulfillment in the Twenty-First Century

by Robert A. Stebbins

This book is a study of committed reading, an activity animated by three main motives: utilitarian, pleasurable, and self-fulfilling. They are examined within the frameworks of library and information science and the serious leisure perspective as manifested across life's domains of work, leisure, and non-work obligation.

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2012

Reviews

[Renée | renee.the.reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good introduction to the interdisciplinary approach to leisure studies & library and information science, specifically looking at people who are "committed readers", as identified by Catherine Sheldrick Ross (1999). However, the book does not necessarily move the sub-field forward. Many of the ideas in this book can be found elsewhere in leisure studies and LIS academic journals.