History Main / MagicLibrarian

* In ''Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'', [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything the Interdimensional Library]] generates its own Librarians ''from'' the books: [[RefugeeFromTVLand sentient projections of fictional characters]], from Robin Hood to Captain Ahab (not forgetting various characters from the fiction of other dimensions). The Librarians have an innate sense for where various shelves or reading rooms in the infinite Library are to be found.

[[caption-width-right:280:Illustration by [[http://leewhiteillustration.blogspot.com Lee White.]]]]

Often overlaps with HotLibrarian, ScaryLibrarian, or [[HotAsHell possibly even both.]]

* Jocasta Nu is both a librarian and a [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi.]]

** The Clayr, a large and clairvoyant group of people, have a ''massive'' library that houses not only normal books, but enchanted ones, grimoires for creatures that may or may not exist, tombs of ancient beings that if let out will attempt to kill anyone they come into contact with, and, somehow, a figurine that [[spoiler:houses the consciousness of one of the creators of reality.]] In a world full of shambling corpses, devious necromancers, and corrupt royalty, the library of the Clayr is probably full of the most frightening and dangerous people and artifacts.

* At the beginning of ''Webcomic/{{Whither}}'', Finn, TheShortGuyWithGlasses. As in, he'd fit this tropes if he were short. But the plot takes him out of the library and into places he never thought he'd visit. [[spoiler:He's actually a construct - a paper golem created by the guardian witch, but he GrewBeyondTheirProgramming and won't do her bidding.]]

* [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Clara]] in ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne'' doesn't have magic powers but has ninja training and manages [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything The Stanza]] with the help of [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial squidjits]] and holds many secrets about [[BuildingOfAdventure The Wayne.]]

* The Librarians of ''Website/TheWanderersLibrary''. There are variety of librarians, [[http://wanderers-library.wikidot.com/the-librarians seen here]], ranging from spider-like beings in charge of reshelving books to [[HumanoidAbomination silent monstrosities]] who guide patrons. Some are implied to be human, some are implied to have [[WasOnceAMan been human]] but are being punished for breaking Library rules.

[[caption-width-right:280:Illustration by [[http://leewhiteillustration.blogspot.com/ Lee White]].]]

** The Clayr, a large and clairvoyant group of people, have a ''massive'' library that houses not only normal books, but enchanted ones, grimoires for creatures that may or may not exist, tombs of ancient beings that if let out will attempt to kill anyone they come into contact with, and, somehow, a figurine that [[spoiler: houses the consciousness of one of the creators of reality.]] In a world full of shambling corpses, devious necromancers, and corrupt royalty, the library of the Clayr is probably full of the most frightening and dangerous people and artifacts.

* Mr. Coreander in ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' still qualifies in the original version, although the story is a little different; at the end of the story, Bastion goes back to the store to apologize for stealing the book, but Coreander doesn't remember him or the book; however, he does know about the Childlike Empress, and tells Bastian how to meet her again if he wants. [[[spoiler:He simply has to give her another name, and he can visit her and Fantasia any time he likes.]]

* At the beginning of ''Webcomic/{{Whither}}'', Finn, TheShortGuyWithGlasses. As in, he'd fit this tropes if he were short. But the plot takes him out of the library and into places he never thought he'd visit. [[spoiler: He's actually a construct - a paper golem created by the guardian witch, but he GrewBeyondTheirProgramming and won't do her bidding.]]

* The librarians working in the titular ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'' regularly receive guests in battle, harnessing the power of fallen guests and [[EldritchAbominations Abnormalities]] which they also fight. Their patrons are representatives of the Tree of Life and have been reincarnated from their previous robotic forms.

* ''LightNovel/ReZero'' has Beatrice, a mysterious being of unknown power that was contracted to look after the Roswaal Manor's enormous library.

* The MagicalLibrary of ''Ashurbanipal'' in ''[[LightNovel/Overlord2012 Overlord]]'' is staffed by a team of [[OurLichesAreDifferent skeleton mages, elder liches and overlords]].

* Lucien in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', who maintains the Library of Dream, which contains every book anybody ever thought or dreamed about writing, from the masterpieces of great authors who died before committing them to paper, down to the novel you always tell yourself you'll write one day. (''The Bestselling Romantic Spy Thriller I Used To Think About On The Bus That Would Sell A Billion Copies And Mean I'd Never Have to Work Again''. Not exactly the catchiest of titles, is it?) He knows everything about every book in the library, including where each of them is at any given moment, although at one point he admits that this comes at the cost of not being able to remember most things that happen outside the library, including who he was before he became the librarian.

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Often overlaps with HotLibrarian, ScaryLibrarian, or [[HornyDevils possibly even both.]]

* One of the boards in ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party DS]]'' is a library owned by Kamek, Bowser's right-hand EvilSorcerer.

* The Librarians of ''Wiki/TheWanderersLibrary''. There are variety of librarians, [[http://wanderers-library.wikidot.com/the-librarians seen here]], ranging from spider-like beings in charge of reshelving books to [[HumanoidAbomination silent monstrosities]] who guide patrons. Some are implied to be human, some are implied to have [[WasOnceAMan been human]] but are being punished for breaking Library rules.

* [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Clara]] in WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne doesn't have magic powers but has ninja training and manages [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything The Stanza]] with the help of [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial squidjits]] and holds many secrets about [[BuildingOfAdventure The Wayne.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Spellstone}}'': Yuriel, the [[TheOwlKnowingOne Owl Mystic]], is curator of the archives in the city of [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas Luminis]]. He's also the Aether leader Samael's de facto second-in-command, tasked with guarding the city from outsiders.

* Patchouli Knowledge of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is the Scarlet Devil Mansion's resident witch, and the de facto librarian of the place. She's constantly seen with a book in her hand when fighting, to top things off. Oh, and her debut stage theme is called "Voile, the Magic Library." Her aide and familiar may also qualify.
* VideoGame/IMMeen is definitely magical and possibly some kind of librarian, or at the very least his signature spell involves a PortalBook. Unusually, though, he is not fond of people (or at least children) who actually read.

* One of the boards in ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party DS]]'' is a library owned by Kamek, Bowser's right-hand EvilSorcerer.

* Yves, Archangel of Destiny in ''TabletopGame/InNomine''. He collects all knowledge in his Library, including the memories of everyone who has passed on.

* The Bibliomancer class in ''TabletopGame/UnknownArmies'' is a magician who uses his personal library as a power source. The more books he has and the rarer they are, the more powerful he becomes.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', Space Marine Librarians are responsible for their chapter's archives, the interstellar psychic communications the Chapter needs, and are also powerful psykers. The [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Blood Ravens]] have a large amount of Librarians, more than the average Chapter, which has lead fans to speculate that the Blood Ravens have a connection to the Thousand Sons, the Chaos Marines of Magnus the Red and may be loyalist Thousand Sons themselves who avoided the Rubric of Ahriman (a spell that turned their non-Psyker brothers to dust sealed within their armor).
** Also worth noting are the keepers of the Black Library, a hidden Eldar stronghold in the Webway said to contain all of their knowledge.
* The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' trading card game has the Synchro Monster T.G. Hyper Librarian, a very literal case, being a Spellcaster.

* Nim Galuu from ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}''.

* Patchouli Knowledge of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is the Scarlet Devil Mansion's resident witch, and the de facto librarian of the place. She's constantly seen with a book in her hand when fighting, to top things off. Oh, and her debut stage theme is called "Voile, the Magic Library." Her aide and familiar, a demon nicknamed [[FanNickname Koakuma]], may also qualify.

[[HotWitch Often overlaps]] with HotLibrarian, [[EvilSorceress or with]] ScaryLibrarian, or [[HornyDevils possibly even both.]]

* Al-Jazari is a Magic Librarian in the educational short ''1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets''.

* Obligatory ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' example: Giles has to be one. Sure, he's not a magician himself per se, but then there was that whole stint when he was Ripper... He might not be an active witch (warlock? wizard?), but he does cast spells if it's necessary.

* Mr. Dewey, the librarian of the ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster'' is implied to be the same guy as the Pagemaster himself. They have the same (voice) actor, give the same instructions for Richard to find the exit sign, and are the first and last characters Richard meets at the start and end of his literary journey. The Pagemaster is the god and guardian of the world of books and the reason Richard crossed over.

* ''LightNovel/ReZero'' has Beatrice, a mysterious being of unknown power that was contracted to look after the Roswaal Manor’s enormous library.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster'' is all about this trope.

* Balberith from ''ComicBook/Hellraiser'' was originally a normal human librarian and mother who, after trying and failing to find a cure for her son's illness, wound up in the possession of a [[ArtifactOfDoom Lament Configuration]] given to her by an Agent of Leviathan. When she solved the box, she opened a portal to Hell where she was taken and [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil turned into a cenobite]], her final human moment seeing that her son had been cured with the knowledge that she will never see him again. She now acts as the librarian to Hell's library, many of the more learned damned souls that end up in Hell transformed into books that catalogue Leviathan's history and grand plan.