librarian

See also: librarían

English

Etymology

library +‎ -an. First attested around 1710.

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: lī-brâr’-ē-ən, IPA^(key): /laɪˈbɹɛɹ.i.ən/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -æɹiən

Noun

librarian (plural librarians)

The keeper, manager of a library.
- 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
  The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian.
One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer.
A person who processes and organizes information.

Synonyms

library-keeper (archaic)

Derived terms

librarianship

Related terms

library
information services

Translations

the manager of a library

Afrikaans: bibliotekaris m, bibliotekaresse f
Albanian: bibliotekar (sq) m, bibliotekare (sq) f
Arabic: أَمِين مَكْتَبَة‎ m (ʾamīn maktaba), أَمِينَةْ مَكْتَبَة‎ f (ʾamīnat maktaba)
Armenian: գրադարանապետ (hy) (gradaranapet)
Asturian: bibliotecariu m
Azerbaijani: kitabxanaçı (az)
Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m (biblijatékar), бібліятэ́карка f (biblijatékarka)
Bulgarian: библиотека́р m (bibliotekár), библиотека́рка f (bibliotekárka)
Burmese: စာကြည့်တိုက်မှူး (my) (ca-krany.tuikhmu:)
Catalan: bibliotecari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖書館館長, 图书馆馆长 (túshūguǎn guǎnzhǎng)
Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci
Czech: knihovník (cs) m, knihovnice (cs) f
Danish: bibliotekar (da) c
Dutch: bibliothecaris (nl) m (chief), bibliothecaresse (nl) f (chief), bibliotheekbeheerder m
Estonian: raamatukoguhoidja (et)
Faroese: bókavørður m
Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja (fi), kirjastonjohtaja
French: bibliothécaire (fr) m or f
Galician: bibliotecario (gl) m
Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი (biblioteḳari)
German: Bibliothekar (de) m, Bibliothekarin (de) f
Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (el) m or f (vivliothikários), βιβλιοθηκονόμος (el) m or f (vivliothikonómos)
Greenlandic: bibliotekari, atuagaatilerisoq
Hebrew: סַפְרָן‎ (he) m (safrán), ספרנית‎ f (safranít)
Hindi: पुस्तकाध्यक्ष m (pustakādhyakṣ), लाइब्रेरियन m (lāibreriyan), पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष m (pustakālyādhyakṣ)
Hungarian: könyvtáros (hu)
Icelandic: bókasafnsfræðingur m, bókavörður m
Indonesian: pustakawan (id)
Italian: bibliotecario (it) m, bibliotecaria (it) f
Japanese: 司書 (ja) (ししょ, shisho)
Kazakh: кітапханашы (kıtapxanaşy)
Khmer: បណ្ណារក្ស (pannaarak)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pirtûkxanevan (ku)
Kyrgyz: китепканачы (kitepkanaçı)
Lao: ບັນນາລັກ (ban nā lak)
Latvian: bibliotekārs m
Lithuanian: bibliotekininkas m, bibliotekininkė f
Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire m
Macedonian: библиотекар m (bibliotekar), библиотекарка f (bibliotekarka)
Malay: pustakawan (ms)
Manx: lioarlannee m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bibliotekar (no) m
Occitan: bibliotecari (oc) m
Pashto: کتابدار‎ (ps) m (ketābdār)
Persian: کتابدار‎ (fa) (ketâbdâr)
Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m, bibliotekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: bibliotecário (pt) m
Punjabi: ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ m (lāibrerīana)
Romanian: bibliotecar (ro) m, bibliotecară (ro) f
Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m (bibliotékarʹ), библиоте́карша (ru) f (bibliotékarša)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књи́жнича̄р m, књи́жнича̄рка f, библиотѐка̄р m, библиотѐка̄рка̄ f
Roman: knjížničār (sh) m, knjížničārka (sh) f, bibliotèkār (sh) m, bibliotèkārkā (sh) f
Slovak: knihovník m, knihovníčka f, bibliotekár m, bibliotekárka f
Slovene: knjižničar (sl) m, knjižničarka f
Sotho: radibuka (st)
Spanish: bibliotecario (es) m
Swedish: bibliotekarie (sv) c
Tagalog: tagaingat-aklatan
Tajik: китобдор (tg) (kitobdor)
Tatar: китапханәче (tt) (kitapxanäçe)
Thai: บรรณารักษ์ (th) (ban-naa-rák)
Turkish: kütüphaneci (tr), bibliyotekçi (tr)
Turkmen: kitaphanaçy
Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (uk) m (bibliotékar), бібліоте́карка (uk) f (bibliotékarka)
Uzbek: kutubxonachi (uz)
Vietnamese: thủ thư (vi)
Walloon: bibiotekî (wa) m, bibiotecresse (wa) f
Welsh: llyfrgellydd (cy) m

one who cares for the publications etc. in a library

Afrikaans: bibliotekaris
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: գրադարանավար (hy) (gradaranavar)
Azerbaijani: kitabxanaçı (az)
Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m (biblijatékar), бібліятэ́карка f (biblijatékarka)
Bulgarian: библиотека́р m (bibliotekár), библиотека́рка f (bibliotekárka)
Catalan: bibliotecari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖書管理員 (zh), 图书管理员 (zh) (túshū guǎnlǐyuán), 圖書館員 (zh), 图书馆员 (zh) (túshūguǎnyuán)
Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci
Czech: knihovník (cs) m, knihovnice (cs) f
Danish: bibliotekar (da) c
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} bibliothecaris (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} hulpbibliothecaris m
Esperanto: bibliotekisto
Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja (fi)
French: bibliothécaire (fr) m or f
Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი (biblioteḳari)
German: Bibliothekar (de) m, Bibliothekarin (de) f
Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (el) m or f (vivliothikários)
Greenlandic: atuagaatilerisoq, bibliotekari
Hungarian: könyvtáros (hu)
Indonesian: pustakawan (id) m, pustakawati f
Irish: leabharlannaí m
Japanese: 司書 (ja) (ししょ, shisho), 図書館員 (としょかんいん, toshokan'in)
Kazakh: кітапханашы (kıtapxanaşy)
Korean: 사서(司書) (ko) (saseo), 도서관원(圖書館員) (doseogwanwon)
Kyrgyz: китепканачы (kitepkanaçı)
Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire m
Macedonian: библиотекар m (bibliotekar), библиотекарка f (bibliotekarka)
Malay: pustakawan (ms)
Manx: lioarlannee m
Maori: kaitiaki pukapuka
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bibliotekar (no) m
Persian: کتابدار‎ (fa) (ketâbdâr)
Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m, bibliotekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: bibliotecário (pt) m
Punjabi: ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ m (lāibrerīana)
Romanian: bibliotecar (ro) m, bibliotecară (ro) f
Romansch: bibliotecari m
Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m (bibliotékarʹ), библиоте́карша (ru) f (bibliotékarša)
Scottish Gaelic: leabharlannaiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књи́жнича̄р m, књи́жнича̄рка f, библиотѐка̄р m, библиотѐка̄рка̄ f
Roman: knjížničār (sh) m, knjížničārka (sh) f, bibliotèkār (sh) m, bibliotèkārkā (sh) f
Slovak: knihovník m, knihovníčka f, bibliotekár m, bibliotekárka f
Slovene: knjižničar (sl) m, knjižničarka f
Sotho: radibuka (st)
Turkish: kütüphaneci (tr)
Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (uk) m (bibliotékar), бібліоте́карка (uk) f (bibliotékarka)
Welsh: llyfrgellydd (cy) m
Yiddish: ביבליאָטעקער‎ m (biblyoteker), ביבליאָטעקעראין‎ f (biblyotekerin)

a person who processes and organizes information

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m (biblijatékar), бібліятэ́карка f (biblijatékarka)
Bulgarian: библиотека́р m (bibliotekár), библиотека́рка f (bibliotekárka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 管理員 (zh), 管理员 (zh) (guǎnlǐyuán)
Czech: knihovník (cs) m, knihovnice (cs) f
Finnish: informaatikko
French: archiviste (fr) m or f
German: Archivar (de) m, Archivarin (de) f
Macedonian: библиотекар m (bibliotekar), библиотекарка f (bibliotekarka)
Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m, bibliotekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: arquivista (pt) m or f
Romanian: arhivist (ro) m, arhivistă (ro) f
Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m (bibliotékarʹ), библиоте́карша (ru) f (bibliotékarša)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књи́жнича̄р m, књи́жнича̄рка f, библиотѐка̄р m, библиотѐка̄рка̄ f
Roman: knjížničār (sh) m, knjížničārka (sh) f, bibliotèkār (sh) m, bibliotèkārkā (sh) f
Slovak: knihovník m, knihovníčka f, bibliotekár m, bibliotekárka f
Slovene: knjižničar (sl) m, knjižničarka f
Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (uk) m (bibliotékar), бібліоте́карка (uk) f (bibliotékarka)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أمين مكتبَة‎, ^{(please verify)} أخصائي معلومات‎
Italian: (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} bibliotecario (it) m
Latin: ^{(please verify)} a bibliothecis m, ^{(please verify)} a libris m
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} knihovník m, ^{(please verify)} knihovníčka f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bibliotecario (es) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} bibliotekarie (sv) c