Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of librarian.
- noun The work of a librarian; the management of a library.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of a librarian.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act of operating of a
library ; service as alibrarian
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the position of librarian
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Kaleidoscopic Concern - This annotated bibliography on racial and ethnic diversity in librarianship by Kaetrena D. Davis-Kendrick includes new areas of study such as gender issues and white privilege with regard to racial minority and ethnic librarians.
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The fellowship is awarded every two years to a student pursuing graduate studies in librarianship, the information sciences, or a closely related field, who demonstrates intellectual and personal qualities consistent with those of Paul Evan Peters
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Uncontrolled Vocabulary - a live discussion of news, trends and topics in librarianship by Greg Schwartz.
July 2007 2007
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The future home of Uncontrolled Vocabulary - a live discussion of news, trends and topics in librarianship by Greg Schwartz
June 2007 2007
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Uncontrolled Vocabulary - a live discussion of news, trends and topics in librarianship by Greg Schwartz.
September 2007 2007
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I feel that the culture of librarianship is distinctly different from other information professions such as computer scientists and IT folks.
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I have clear notions of what librarianship is about:
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There are a lot of people in librarianship who are smarter than I am.
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I suspect that academic law librarianship is going to evolve in one of two directions.
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The user is the magic element that transforms librarianship from a gatekeeping trade to a services profession.
FRL: The User Is Not Broken: A meme masquerading as a manifesto 2006
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