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
Though her training in librarianship had her working the reference desk for years, she since shifted over to more data-centric scholarship.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2017
Library schools in the United States give courses of one and two years in all the branches of librarianship.
From The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance by Lady Marjory MacMurchy Willison
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