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Name:
André G. Wenzel
Job title and location:
Bibliographer for Literatures of Europe & the Americas, University of Chicago
How long have you been in LES?
Since 2007
Describe yourself in two or three words:
Enthusiastic, impatient, busy
What are you currently reading, watching, playing, etc.?
Reading : the new Ian Rankin, looking forward to some Tana French; Playing? as in music? lots of Bach
What is something others may be surprised to know about you?
I’m learning how to play the piano
What is your favorite aspect of your current position?
The number of languages I cover
What is in your toolkit?
Basic as it sounds, WorldCat/FirstSearch is amazingly flexible and has such strong searching capacities that I use it all the time.