Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who is a specialist in library work.
- noun A person who is responsible for a collection of specialized or technical information or materials, such as musical scores or computer documentation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who transcribes or copies books.
- noun The keeper or custodian of a library; one who has charge of the books and other contents of a library.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who has the care or charge of a library.
- noun obsolete One who copies manuscript books.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The keeper, manager of a
library - noun One who cares for the
publications ,files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer - noun A person who
processes and organizesinformation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
Etymologies
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Examples
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Those who even have the word "librarian" in their vocabularies often think library staff are only good for pointing to different sections of the stacks.
Study: College students rarely use librarians' expertise 2011
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One of the perks of being a librarian is the simple act of helping others.
Finding Oprah's Roots (copy) ____Maggie 2007
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One of the perks of being a librarian is the simple act of helping others.
Archive 2007-02-01 ____Maggie 2007
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Perhaps the librarian is a big fan of Duran Duran.
IsThatLegal? 2004
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Perhaps the librarian is a big fan of Duran Duran.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Accessing blogs from libraries: 2004
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Nance fixes me with what I call her librarian look.
BAD GIRL CREEK Jo-Ann Mapson 2001
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One point that the AL makes that has been echoed through other blogs and listservs is that the term 'guybrarian' offensive: "Apparently the label librarian is actually a feminine noun, instead of librarianship just being a feminized profession.
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Luckily, our librarian is quite vigilant about weeding. songbirdcindi
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Smith, a former mechanic and self-described “working stiff” turned librarian, is clearly an interested party, but he may have a point.
Boing Boing 2009
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Join librarian and Tame the Web blogger Michael Stephens for a discussion of ten technologies to be aware of in now and beyond.
Reminder: Ten Trends & Technologies for 2009 with Michael Stephens 2009
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