is the Reference Associate at the Folger Shakespeare Library. She loves welcoming researchers of all experience levels and convincing them to look at old books. She frequently finds herself stuck down rabbit holes. She has particular interests in book history, print culture, romance, and poetry.
In honor of America250 and our exhibition Shakespeare and the American Story, we celebrate milestone birthdays of collection items, from a book that is as the same age as America to coins that are thousands of years old.
Reference Associate Erika Giddens, who manages the Folger’s Ask a Librarian service, takes us behind the scenes to share some of the most asked questions about Shakespeare and how she answers them.
