ABSTRACT
I started subscribing to psychology journals when I was in graduate school, and have built up a fairly large professional library. There are times when I sit back and contemplate my collection, looking at the old, faded ones on the left, recalling the many hours I pored over them as a student. At the time, the material in them was new and exciting. Like everyone else, however, my energies are now focused on desperately trying to keep up with those on the right—the current literature. I doubt that many people read the literature of the past, let alone cite it. However, it pains me when I think of those researchers and clinicians who dedicated so much time, energy, and devotion to producing it, especially when I reflect on the negligible impact that much of their work has made on the field.
