library staff

collocation in English

meaningsoflibraryandstaff

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library
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.brər.i/us
/ˈlaɪ.brer.i/
a building, room, or organization that has a collection of books, documents, music, and sometimes things such as tools or artwork, for people to borrow, usually ...
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staff
noun
uk
/stɑːf/us
/stæf/
the group of people who work for ...
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(Definition oflibraryandstafffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Training for 40,000 publiclibrarystaffis under way.
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There is no greater sense of optimism among university teachers or among university technicians andlibrarystaffand those who offer similar services.
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We have noted that the application of the recognised salary scales to seniorlibrarystaffis at present very uneven.
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Not only are the stocks of books and journals inadequate for the new curriculum, but thelibrarystaffare also inadequate.
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The children sit on carpets and stories are read to them by thelibrarystaff.
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That will all be done by thelibrarystaff.
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The full-time equivalent student load in the same year was provisionally 315,000 and therefore a ratio of students tolibrarystaffwould be very large.
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The hospital is all right forlibrarystaff; it has one post and one person in post.
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Furthermore, there are five times as manylibrarystaffper 1,000 students in universities as there are in polytechnics.
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The accommodation would have to provide sufficient room for alibrarystaffmember and space for eight readers.
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Librarystaffare ready to assist in accessing the information if necessary.
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Librarystaffare ready to assist in accessing the information.
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Librarystaffwill be pleased to assist in obtaining this.
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Complete information on all staff in university libraries is not collected centrally, but in 1979–80 there were about 1,500 full-timelibrarystaffon academic related pay scales.
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Librarystaffare ready to assist in accessing information for earlier years.
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We need good management as well: sensible purchasing policies, a careful matching of books to the curriculum, and close liaison betweenlibrarystaffand classroom teachers.
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Librarystaffhave the important task of teaching people to distinguish between education and sensation.
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They will give library authorities power to charge for assistance given bylibrarystaff, for example, in conducting research for a user among a library's materials.
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