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
- The Franco-American Revolution – Part 2 July 14th, 2021
- International Reading Rooms Open for Researcher Appointments Starting July 12, 2021 July 12th, 2021
- A Japanese American Journey: Kazue Mizumura June 28th, 2021
- The Franco-American Revolution – Part 1 June 19th, 2021
- From Photographer to Printmaker: Prokudin-Gorskii’s “artistic-photomechanical” illustrations for Gogol’s folk stories May 17th, 2021
- 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