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librarianship

[ lahy-brair-ee-uhn-ship ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a profession concerned with acquiring and organizing collections of books and related materials in libraries and servicing readers and others with these resources.
the position or duties of a librarian.

First recorded in 1870–75; librarian + -ship

The practical emphasis in these four bibliographies betrays the training of their authors in librarianship.

Ludibria ventis followed, and the success of these two volumes gained for Autran the librarianship of his native town.

There are one or two other features of librarianship which merit passing mention.

There is another thing that we ought to do, and that is to give attention to the more scholarly side of librarianship.

A course preparing for the professional work of librarianship cannot be complete without the study of library administration.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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