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Librarian vs Librarial - What's the difference?

librarian | librarial |

As a verb librarian

is .

As an adjective librarial is

(rare) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a library, librarianship or librarians.

librarian

English

(wikipedia librarian)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The keeper, manager of a library
  • One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer
  • A person who processes and organizes information

    • Derived terms

    * librarianship

    Synonyms

    * library-keeper (archaic)

    Related terms

    * library * information services

    librarial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a library, librarianship or librarians
  • :"Those wire-framed glasses made Babel look like a librarian, but his silence is not librarial ." (Michael Gregory Stephens, The Dramaturgy of Style: Voice in Short Fiction, 1986:25)
  • :"a nonprofit association or corporation, whose aims and objectives are religious, educational, librarial , or community service in nature" (McGillivary,Glenn, et al., Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-state Survey, 2004:649)

    • Usage notes

    This word is rare, and when appropriate the attributive noun is used: "a library edition", "library science", "library procedure". When the attributive noun doesn't work, we have "librarial and secretarial functions", or "a librarial personality".