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librarian

[lahy-brair-ee-uhn] / laɪˈbrɛər i ən /
NOUN
person in charge of a library
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PBS named him as resident librarian in 2024, and in 2025, he became the new face of “Reading Rainbow.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

For viral librarian and “Reading Rainbow” host Mychal Threets, his mental health recovery is an ongoing process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Give me the Dewey decimal number for ‘freedom of speech,’” said Tabatha Otto, a librarian from Lincolnshire, Illinois.

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

Trautman’s work began with a nationwide drive, managed through local librarians, calling for book donations for servicemen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

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 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

Within these walls, scholars were the aristocracy, and everyone else their servants—especially the librarians, whose directive was to support them in their important work.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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