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librarian

[lahy-brair-ee-uhn] / laɪˈbrɛər i ən /
NOUN
person in charge of a library
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These include Eloise, a librarian who believes in peaceful dissent and futilely attempts to bring both sides together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

I told her that the librarian believed it was appropriate for my reading level.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

She attended Princeton on 90% financial aid while working part-time jobs on campus like librarian, tutor and bartender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Bunny Levine, a school librarian turned Hollywood actor, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

And Mrs. Lonni Gause, the holographic librarian, was helping out behind the circulation desk without fear of being bulldozed.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

In June, about 70% of voting non-tenure-track faculty approved unionizing under United Faculty-UAW, which seeks to represent roughly 2,700 USC lecturers, researchers, clinicians, librarians and pharmacists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The USC union, United Faculty-UAW, represents roughly 2,700 non-tenure-track faculty across more than 20 schools and the USC libraries, including lecturers, researchers, clinicians, librarians and pharmacists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The East SOS Foundation, a Ukrainian humanitarian and human-rights organization, has gathered testimony from librarians and teachers who saw books destroyed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

And what about support staff like teaching assistants, canteen staff and librarians?

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

“They’ll bring in old-fashioned librarians to shush people,” added Miguel.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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