A Fifteenth century job description

Some things just don't change......

"The librarian should be learned, of good presence, temper and manners; correct and ready of speech. He must get from the garderobe an inventory of the books, and keep them arranged, whether Latin, Greek, Hebrew, or others, maintaining also the rooms in good condition. He must preserve the books from damp and vermin, as well as from the hands of trifling, ignorant, dirtyand tasteless persons....He must let no book be taken away but by the Duke's orders, and if lent must get a written receipt, and see to its being returned. When a number of visitors come in, he must be specially watchful that none be stolen. All which is duly seen to by the present courteous and attentive librarian, Messer Agabito."

James Dennistoun  Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino (1909)