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librarian

librarian

134 2.0
A person who works in a library and helps people find books
  • noun
  • /laɪˈbrɛəriən/
translation icon : bibliotecario
  • As a librarian, she organizes the library's resources and assists visitors.
  • reference librarian
  • school librarian
  • teacher-librarian

Like Chris Sharat is our nuclear librarian, and we have a nuclear librarian.

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Examples

  • New technologies pose considerable challenges to academic librarians, but they also introduce new opportunities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The survey was designed by the researcher with input from teachers, librarians, and university literacy professors.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You went from high school librarian to this.

  • My mom always talks about what an amazing librarian you are.

  • You got to ask the librarian.

  • I heard the librarian needs an assistant.

  • The first question for the teacher librarian is to examine one's own personal learning environment.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The new role as a 21st Century teacher-librarian has a lot to offer its clients.

    Academic text (2011)
  • New technologies have created opportunities for academic librarians to be innovative educators in their community.

    Academic text (2011)
  • By Joseph Grosso. Joseph Grosso is a librarian and writer living in New York City.

    Academic text (2011)

How Experienced

head
2.2
librarian
134 2.0
trainee
50 2.4

Surface Forms

librarian singular
librarians plural

Morphology

librarian = library (transparent) = library + ian

Formed from the clear base 'library' plus the productive suffix '-ian' meaning 'person associated with', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Librarian comes from the Latin word liber, meaning 'book', and is the same root you see in library, plus the ending -arian, which means 'a person connected with'. So a librarian is literally someone who works with books and helps people in a library.