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A good scholar has to be a good schlepper.

I use three libraries on average: the University of Basel library, the Kunstmuseum library, and the Bibliothek für Gestaltung. I have been known to use the libraries of the History seminar, the Sociology seminar, and the Philosophy seminar. I once had to use the library of the Kunsthalle and I have an appointment to visit the music library of the Paul-Sacher-Stiftung (for the original English edition of a late book by Kracauer).

Come January I will have moved six times in six years, once across state lines, twice across international waters, once across international borders, and twice within the same township. This does not include the temporary residences taken up in the summer months.