librarianship
Americannoun
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a profession concerned with acquiring and organizing collections of books and related materials in libraries and servicing readers and others with these resources.
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the position or duties of a librarian.
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A year later, she earned a degree from the University of Washington’s school of librarianship and went to work as a children’s librarian in Yakima, Wash.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
However, by the third grade, she was a reading pro and she went on to specialize in librarianship after attending the University of Washington, Seattle.
From Fox News ● Mar. 26, 2021
One of the core values of librarianship, said Andrea Jamison, a lecturer in library science at Valparaiso University in Indiana, is upholding the principles of intellectual freedom — which include challenging censorship.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2019
Brogan: One of the ways that you’re really leaning into the values that are at the heart of librarianship is through this data preservation project that you’re engaged in right now.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2017
Soon after Banks's decease he resigned the librarianship of the Linnean Society, and from 1849 to 1853 he served as its president.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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