librarian
noun
li·brar·i·an
lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən 
-ˈbre-rē-
: a specialist in the care or management of a library
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This year alone, Sarah Jessica Parker is executive producing a doc on librarians fighting book banning, The Librarians, which her production company joined during its search for funding.
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Medlin, 57, has served on the England City Council for the past seven years, and holds other community roles including the England Elementary School librarian, treasurer for the England Church of Christ and secretary of the England Friends of the Public Library, according to the news release.
—Ella McCarthy, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025
The Sunnyvale Education Foundation worked in partnership with Sunnyvale School District librarian Julie Griffin to obtain the grant, which also helped pay for new space science books in both the Columbia and Sunnyvale middle school libraries.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Today, Who’s Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world.
—Nick Franck, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Medlin, 57, has served on the England City Council for the past seven years, and holds other community roles including the England Elementary School librarian, treasurer for the England Church of Christ and secretary of the England Friends of the Public Library, according to the news release.
—Ella McCarthy, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025
The Sunnyvale Education Foundation worked in partnership with Sunnyvale School District librarian Julie Griffin to obtain the grant, which also helped pay for new space science books in both the Columbia and Sunnyvale middle school libraries.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Today, Who’s Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world.
—Nick Franck, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for librarian
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“Librarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/librarian. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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