Each branch librarian must meet the demands of that branch's users.

Besides purchasing general materials for readers of all ages, branch librarians must determine local needs and try to satisfy them.

The branch librarians know that those who respond to narrative are to be found everywhere, often in the most unexpected quarters.

She was hired as the assistant branch librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library from 1951 to 1955.

But only limited services are available in that cramped space, said Hara Seltzer, a branch librarian.

I spoke about my idea to the branch librarian.

"We finally have a home," said Mary Graham, the branch librarian, "a big wonderful home."

Louis Berkel, an assistant branch librarian, said that was the intention.

The branch librarian in the late 1970's bemoaned shorter hours, staff losses and sagging morale generated by the city's fiscal crisis.

The branch librarian salted the steps on a recent snowy day.