What is another word for librarian?

Pronunciation: [la͡ɪbɹˈe͡əɹi͡ən] (IPA)

A librarian is someone who works in a library and manages the books and information. There are several synonyms for the word librarian such as a booklover, curator, archivist, cataloger, and bookkeeper. A booklover has a passion for books and literature, a curator manages a collection, an archivist preserves and organizes records, a cataloger manages the cataloging system, and a bookkeeper keeps track of books and any expenses related to them. All of these synonyms for librarian demonstrate the various roles and responsibilities that a person in this profession may undertake. Regardless of the specific title, librarians play a vital role in preserving knowledge and facilitating information access for everyone.

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What are the hypernyms for Librarian?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    Information Specialist, records manager, Knowledge resource expert, Librarianship professional, Library administrator, Library science researcher.

Usage examples for Librarian

Mr. Fred Hild, our Public librarian, hearing Dr. Poole's cries for help, ran to the rescue, and with his cane and umbrella succeeded in keeping the tarantula at bay until the keeper of the restaurant fetched his gun and dispatched the malignant monster.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
Induced to come West from Philadelphia by John D. Clifford, of Lexington, in 1818, he was elected Professor of Botany and Natural History in Transylvania University in 1819, lectured to the students in the Medical College, was librarian, and taught French, Spanish, and Italian.
"The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University"
Robert Peter
The basement story of the building is chiefly appropriated to the chemical professorship and contains a lecture-room forty-five by fifty feet in dimensions, in which the seats and lecturing stand are arranged in the best manner for perfect vision, a lobby, an anti-room, a chemical laboratory well supplied with all necessary apparatus, and a dormitory for a resident pupil who acts as librarian.
"The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University"
Robert Peter

Famous quotes with Librarian

  • I was a librarian.
    Beverly Cleary
  • The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.
    Melvil Dewey
  • There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.
    Rita Dove
  • A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
    Umberto Eco
  • I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done.
    Mick Jagger

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