Editing Librarian (section)

===Middle Ages and Renaissance===
[[File:Tavernier Jean Mielot.jpg|thumb|Burgundian scribe Jean Miélot in his scriptorium (15th century)]]
Christian [[monastery|monasteries]] in Europe are credited with keeping the [[institution]] of libraries alive after the fall of the Roman Empire. It is during this time that the first [[codex]] (book as opposed to scroll) enters popularity: the [[parchment]] [[codex]]. Within the monasteries, the role of librarian was often filled by an overseer of the [[scriptorium]] where monks would copy out books cover to cover. A monk named [[Anastasius Bibliothecarius|Anastasias]]  who took on the title of {{lang|la|Bibliothecarius}} (literally "librarian") following his successful translations of the Greek [[Classics|classicists]].{{sfn|Mukherjee|1966|p=88}} During this period, the lectern system, in which books were chained to desks for security, was also introduced.{{sfn|Mukherjee|1966|p=88}} Classification and organization of books during this period was generally done by subject and alphabetically, with materials inventoried using basic check lists. Later in the period, individuals known as {{lang|la|librarii}} (singular {{lang|la|librarius}}) began more formal cataloguing, inventory, and classification.{{sfn|Mukherjee|1966|p=88}}

In the 14th century, universities began to reemerge which had libraries and employed librarians. At the same time royalty, nobles and [[jurists]] began to establish libraries of their own as status symbols. King [[Charles V of France]] began his own library, and he kept his collection as a {{lang|fr|bibliophile}}, an attribute that is closely connected to librarians of this time.{{sfn|Rubin|2010|p=39}}

The [[Renaissance]] is considered to be a time of aristocratic enthusiasm for libraries. During this period, great private libraries were developed in Europe by figures such as [[Petrarch]] and [[Boccaccio]]. These libraries were sponsored by popes, royals, and nobility who sent agents throughout [[Western Europe]] to locate manuscripts in deteriorating monastic libraries. As a result, Renaissance libraries were filled with a wealth of texts.{{sfn|Rubin|2010|p=45}} While materials in these libraries were mostly restricted, the libraries were open to the public. Librarians were needed to plan and organize libraries to meet public needs.{{sfn|Mukherjee|1966|p=88}} A tool to achieve these organizational goals, the first [[library catalog]], appeared in 1595.{{sfn|Mukherjee|1966|p=96}}