librarian vs library assistant

Both 'librarian' and 'library assistant' are correct phrases, but they refer to different roles in a library setting. A librarian typically holds a professional degree in library science and is responsible for managing library resources, providing research assistance, and overseeing library operations. On the other hand, a library assistant is a support staff member who helps with tasks such as shelving books, checking materials in and out, and assisting patrons with basic inquiries.

Last updated: April 09, 2024

librarian

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a professional who manages library resources and provides research assistance.

Use 'librarian' to refer to a professional who holds a degree in library science and is responsible for managing library operations, assisting patrons with research, and curating library collections.

Examples:

The librarian helped me find a rare book for my research project.
Sheila decided to become a librarian after completing her master's degree in library science.

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So much for the innocent churchgoing librarian.
Another glorified librarian, you ask me.
A librarian in Springfield died last month.
Martha Plemmons, 58. High school librarian.
No, Ann wants to marry a librarian.
A librarian girl from the Town of Su Nae.
I know who killed the librarian.
Miss Dunhill is our new librarian.
He held librarian and academic positions in Bützow.
He was also treasurer and librarian.
Meet the new head librarian Stella Coffo.
I was a librarian for years.
You're busy mooning over that librarian.
It's too bad Giles couldn't be librarian here.
Additional. There follows a brief message from the head librarian for your urgent attention.
The White House librarian says Hunt checked out a lot of books.
A librarian doesn't encounter much violence except an occasional encyclopedia falling.
Been selected to become a librarian.
William, what a magnificent librarian you would have been.
I myself once courted a librarian in Sussex.

Alternatives:

library curator
information specialist
library director
library manager
research librarian

library assistant

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a support staff member in a library who assists with tasks such as shelving books, checking materials in and out, and helping patrons with basic inquiries.

Use 'library assistant' to refer to a staff member who provides support services in a library, such as organizing materials, assisting patrons, and maintaining the library's physical space.

Examples:

The library assistant helped organize the new book display.
As a library assistant, his main duties include checking books in and out for patrons.

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In 1962 he moved to New York, where he took a position as a guard and later as library assistant at the Museum of Modern Art, where he met a number of artists, including Robert Ryman and Sol LeWitt.
52 minutes ago - QLD, Australia, Female, Library assistant
Library Assistant: Administrative work including organizing shelves, recorded books on loan and in returns, wrote proposals for book grants and scholarships.
She has been working at CRS4 since 1992 where she was employed as secretary, library clerk, Assistant to the Director of ICT program.
He was Molly Paulson's assistant at the library.
Raeder, with a liking for rigid systems and organization, designated himself as chief librarian of the prison library, with Dönitz as his assistant.
From 1845 to 1861, he was an assistant, then later curator, at the university library.
In 1903 he became an editorial assistant at the library of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG).
The agreement is "absolutely silent on user privacy," said Angela Maycock, assistant director with the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Because Those Things Are Necessary For Assistant Librarians To Open The Library On Saturday Morning.
I joined TraceParts in February 2000 as a sales assistant and was involved in selling the 3D CAD library for industry and education.
It is a strict rule of the abbot that no one is permitted... to enter the abbey library other than myself and my assistant.
My assistant, Miss Marcella, told me that you finally found at the national library the documents I needed.
Due to a conflict with the Archbishop of Genoa, he moved to Rome in 1895, working at first as an assistant in the historical research section of the Vatican Library.
He studied history, ancient philology and Sanskrit at the University of Breslau, and at the same time worked as an assistant at the municipal library.
And in difficult times, he considered it his duty to help beginners, even financially, without humiliating them, finding them paid scientific work, using them as assistants in his greatest undertaking - the Warburg Library.
A personal digital assistant... can store the entire library of congress and track a satellite in orbit.
Staff: Adriana Gri Štorga - Head LibrarianMilena Špigić - Assistant Librarian The library is open to the public from 09:00 to 13:00 hours.Visits to the library must be arranged in advance, in groups not exceeding 20 persons.
Three years later, Hormuzd Rassam, Layard's assistant, discovered a similar "library" in the palace of King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC), on the opposite side of the mound.
Thanks to the initiative of Charlemagne and his chief assistants, Alcuin, Theodulfus, etc., schools of miniature painting were formed in the principal monasteries of the empire, and our libraries possess a large number of their works.

Alternatives:

library aide
library clerk
library technician
library support staff
library helper

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