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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The professional gambler lost to University of Chicago librarian Emma Boettcher.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Perhaps the school librarian had simply understood how books work.
—Claire Lynch
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Educators and scholars ask some of the same questions today about digital gaming and education as librarians did in the Gilded Age.
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—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2025
The Lena Sharpe Award For Persistence Of Vision went to The Librarians, Kim A. Snyder’s film about unhinged attacks on librarians that have sprung up around the country in a wave of conservative disinformation and hysteria.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 May 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Perhaps the school librarian had simply understood how books work.
—Claire Lynch
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Educators and scholars ask some of the same questions today about digital gaming and education as librarians did in the Gilded Age.
Support JSTOR Daily!
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2025
The Lena Sharpe Award For Persistence Of Vision went to The Librarians, Kim A. Snyder’s film about unhinged attacks on librarians that have sprung up around the country in a wave of conservative disinformation and hysteria.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 May 2025
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“Librarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/librarian. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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