librarianship

[lahy-brair-ee-uhn-ship]

noun

1. a profession concerned with acquiring and organizing collections of books and related materials in libraries and servicing readers and others with these resources.

2. the position or duties of a librarian.

Other Word Forms

• sublibrarianship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of librarianship¹

First recorded in 1870–75; librarian + -ship

Example Sentences

In 2022, Ms. Drabinski called it a “principle of librarianship” that “every reader has a right to decide for themselves what they read. And that includes children.”

From Washington Times

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

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

“I call it concierge librarianship. We’re pulling the books, bringing them out, checking them out for you.”

From Seattle Times

“It’s the world community. And I think that if that isn’t librarianship’s ultimate goals, then nothing is.”

From The Verge