bibliothecarian

plural bibliothecarians

1. archaicA librarian.

1. not comparableOf or relating to libraries.

   But to return to my dear Friend’s Miſtreſs, the Library of the Church of Worceſter. A little before I left the place, we had procured a fine Collection of the Bibliothecarian Writers of ſeveral Countries, with which he was much pleaſed, and I ſuppoſe never left off till he compleated them; […]

   1708, George Hickes, “The Preface”, in Seventeen Sermons of the Reverend and Learned Dr. William Hopkins, […]. Published with a Preface Containing a Short Account of His Life., London: […] W[illiam] B[owyer] for Richard Sare, […], →OCLC, page xxiii

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   Far from encouraging mere bibliomania, Naudé proposed to direct a wealthy collector into paths of bibliothecarian righteousness, demonstrating as clearly as he could within the bounds of politesse the public and national values that might be possessed by a fine library liberally administered and available to all who could profit by its use.

   1951 January, Harcourt Brown, “Advice on Establishing a Library. By Gabriel Naudé, […]”, in The Library Quarterly, volume XXI, number 1, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Reviews” section, page 44, column 1

   Little wonder, then, that there has been a glut of books published about libraries lately, many of them displaying a tendency that may be described as nostalgic-fetishistic. These books express a sentimental and sensuous attitude to things bibliothecarian, and often embody this sensitivity to the past and the touch in their own production values.

   2009 May 6, Melinda Harvey, “War on books”, in The Australian, Sydney, N.S.W.: Nationwide News Pty Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5

   Synonyms: bibliothecal, bibliothecarial, bibliothecary, bibliothetic, bibliothetical, librarial