library staff
Library's human resources
Library staff are the people who work at a library—librarians, clerks, shelvers, and other employees who keep the institution running.
The term encompasses everyone from reference specialists to circulation desk workers: The library staff helped me track down an obscure journal article.
Used as a collective noun, it takes either singular or plural agreement.
- catalogerOne who compiles listings
- shelverOne who arranges items
- archivistKeeper of historical documents
- communication skillsCapacity to exchange ideas
- organizational skillsAbility to arrange systematically
special collections · desk · help desk · checkout counter · problem-solving · information literacy · customer service · barcode scanner · storytelling · book club · database management · cart · stack · barcode · RFID tags · quiet · returns · book drop
- librarieslibrarians, public libraries, research libraries, university libraries, national libraries
- library servicesyouth services, bookmobiles, reference desk, mobile libraries, librarians
- library workerslibrarians, branch managers, catalogers, reference librarians, school librarians
- campus directoryphone directory, email directory, department heads, emergency contacts
- municipal jobsmunicipal workers, civil servants, firefighters, police officers, city planners
institutional role
library stafflibrary patrons
Visitors who use collections
borrowers · readers · visitors · cardholders · the public