Walter Schlect
Contact
- Department
- Library
- Name
- Walter Schlect
- Pronouns
- he/him/his
- Job Title
- Germanic Languages & Literatures and Comparative Literature Subject Librarian
- Email Address
- wschlect@wustl.edu
- Phone Number
- (314) 935-6869
- Make Appointment
- Make an Appointment
Subjects
Germanic Languages & Literatures and Comparative Literature
Bio
Walter joined the WashU Libraries in October 2019. Before moving to St. Louis, he held positions at several libraries in New York City, including the Goethe-Institut New York, the Leo Baeck Institute, and the Morgan Library & Museum. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in German from Washington State University in 2010 and a dual master’s in library and information science and art history from Pratt Institute in 2015.
Selected projects, activities, and accomplishments
- Current Vice Chair/Chair Elect of the European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
- Editor of the Annual Bibliography of the Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection.
- Co-organizer of the International Writers Series.