Librarian

Li-bra′ri-an

(lī̍-brā′rĭ-an)

,

Noun.

[See

Library

.]

1.

One who has the care or charge of a library.

2.

One who copies manuscript books.

[Obs.]

Broome.

Librarian

LIBRA'RIAN

,

Noun.

[L. librarius, with a different signification, from liber, bark, a book.]

1.

The keeper or one who has the care of a library or collection of books.

2.

One who transcribes or copies books. [Not now used.]

librarian

See also: librarían

English

Noun

librarian ‎(plural librarians)

The keeper, manager of a library.
One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer.
A person who processes and organizes information.

Derived terms

librarianship

Synonyms

library-keeper (archaic)

Related terms

library
information services

Translations

the manager of a library

Afrikaans: bibliotekaris
Arabic:
Asturian: bibliotecariu m
Azeri: kitabxanaçı (az)
Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m ‎(biblijatékar), бібліятэ́карка f ‎(biblijatékarka)
Burmese: စာကြည့်တိုက်မှူး (my) ‎(cakrany.tuikhmu:)
Catalan: bibliotecari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖書館館長, 图书馆馆长 ‎(túshūguǎn guǎnzhǎng)
Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci
Czech: knihovník (cs) m, knihovnice f
Danish: bibliotekar (da) c
Dutch: bibliothecaris (nl) m (chief), bibliothecaresse (nl) f (chief), ^{(please verify)}bibliotheekbeheerder m
Estonian: raamatukoguhoidja
Faroese: bókavørður m
Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja (fi), kirjastonjohtaja
French: bibliothécaire (fr) m, f
Galician: bibliotecario (gl) m
Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი ‎(biblioteḳari)
German: Bibliothekar (de) m, Bibliothekarin (de) f
Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (el) m, f ‎(vivliothikários), βιβλιοθηκονόμος (el) m, f ‎(vivliothikonómos)
Greenlandic: bibliotekari, atuagaatilerisoq
Hebrew: ספרן (he) m ‎(safrán), ספרנית f ‎(safranít)

Hungarian: könyvtáros (hu)
Italian: bibliotecario (it) m
Lao: ບັນນາລັກ ‎(ban nā lak)
Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire m
Manx: lioarlannee m
Norwegian: bibliotekar (no) m
Occitan: bibliotecari (oc) m
Persian: کتابدار (fa) ‎(ketâbdâr)
Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m, bibliotekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: bibliotecário (pt) m
Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m ‎(bibliotékarʹ), библиоте́карша (ru) f ‎(bibliotékarša)
Serbo-Croatian: knjížničār (sh) m, knjížničārka (sh) f
Sotho: radibuka (st)
Spanish: bibliotecario (es) m
Swedish: bibliotekarie (sv) c
Tagalog: tagaingat-aklatan
Tajik: китобдор ‎(kitobdor)
Thai: บรรณารักษ์ (th)
Turkish: kütüphaneci (tr), bibliyotekçi (tr)
Turkmen: kitaphanaçy
Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (uk) m ‎(bibliotékar), бібліоте́карка (uk) f ‎(bibliotékarka)
Vietnamese: thủ thư (vi)
Walloon: bibiotekî (wa) m, bibiotecresse (wa) f

one who cares for the publications etc. in a library

Afrikaans: bibliotekaris
Arabic:
Azeri: kitabxanaçı (az)
Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m ‎(biblijatékar), бібліятэ́карка f ‎(biblijatékarka)
Catalan: bibliotecari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖書管理員 (zh), 图书管理员 (zh) ‎(túshū guǎnlǐyuán), 圖書館員 (zh), 图书馆员 (zh) ‎(túshūguǎnyuán)
Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci
Czech: knihovník (cs) m, knihovnice f
Danish: bibliotekar (da) c
Dutch: (hulp)bibliothecaris m
Esperanto: bibliotekisto
Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja (fi)
French: bibliothécaire (fr) m, f
Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი ‎(biblioteḳari)
German: Bibliothekar (de) m, Bibliothekarin (de) f
Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (el) m, f ‎(vivliothikários)

Greenlandic: atuagaatilerisoq, bibliotekari
Hungarian: könyvtáros (hu)
Indonesian: pustakawan (id) m, pustakawati f
Japanese: 司書 (ja) ‎(ししょ, shisho), 図書館員 ‎(としょかんいん, toshokan'in)
Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire m
Malay: pustakawan
Manx: lioarlannee m
Maori: kaitiaki pukapuka
Norwegian: bibliotekar (no) m
Persian: کتابدار (fa) ‎(ketâbdâr)
Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m, bibliotekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: bibliotecário (pt) m
Romansch: bibliotecari m
Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m ‎(bibliotékarʹ), библиоте́карша (ru) f ‎(bibliotékarša)
Serbo-Croatian: knjížničār (sh) m, knjížničārka (sh) f
Sotho: radibuka (st)
Turkish: kütüphaneci (tr)
Yiddish: ביבליאָטעקער m ‎(biblyoteker), ביבליאָטעקעראין f ‎(biblyotekerin)

a person who processes and organizes information

Arabic:
Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m ‎(biblijatékar), бібліятэ́карка f ‎(biblijatékarka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 管理員 (zh), 管理员 (zh) ‎(guǎnlǐyuán)
Czech: knihovník (cs) m, knihovnice f
Finnish: informaatikko

French: archiviste (fr)
German: Archivar (de) m, Archivarin (de) f
Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m, bibliotekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: arquivista (pt) m, f
Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m ‎(bibliotékarʹ), библиоте́карша (ru) f ‎(bibliotékarša)
Serbo-Croatian: knjížničār (sh) m, knjížničārka (sh) f

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