Taru Spiegel currently works in the European Division as a reference specialist for Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flemish-speaking Belgium, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. She also answers questions requiring some knowledge of other Western European languages such as German, French, and Italian. Spiegel has worked in the Library for many years and has held positions such as special assistant, program officer, and copyright examiner, volunteering for details in the Kluge Center, Law Library and the American Folklife Center. She was born in Vaasa, Finland and has lived in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Her Ph.D. in political science is from the University of Maryland.
Most Recent Posts
- Early Baltic German Printers in the Lands of Present-Day Latvia April 26th, 2021
- Ravens, Lemons, and Peste: 19th-Century Maritime Health Certificates in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress April 7th, 2021
- A Cup of Tea with Trans-Siberian Railway Postcards March 12th, 2021
- “The Maid of Pskov:” Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s First Opera February 16th, 2021
- “Bridgerton” and the Real Queen Charlotte January 29th, 2021
- Interview with the Library’s Russian Reference Specialist January 13th, 2021
- Thomas Mann and the Library of Congress December 18th, 2020
- Reminders of Plantagenet Power in Today’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France December 4th, 2020
- Myths and Realities of the Pre- and Post-Conquest Indigenous World: New Avenues of Mesoamerican Ethnohistory November 10th, 2020
- The “Happy Danes” vs. the “Sad Danes”: Assimilation and Religious Divide amongst Danish American Immigrants October 23rd, 2020