Definition
A person whose job is to make organized lists of items, describing what each one is and where it can be found.
Etymology
From 'catalogue' (from Late Latin 'catalogus', from Greek 'katalogos' meaning 'list') plus the agent suffix '-er', meaning 'one who does something.' The word emerged in English in the 1600s as libraries and collections grew.
Kelly Says
Medieval monks were essentially the first cataloguers, painstakingly listing manuscripts by hand—their catalog systems are ancestors of our modern databases and search engines!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መዝገበ ዝርዝር
me-z-ge-be z-ir-zir
ARالعربية
مُصنّف
mu-sannaf
BNবাংলা
বিষয়ভিত্তিক তালিকা
bi-shoy-bhit-tik ta-li-ka
CACatalà
catalògraf
ka-ta-lo-graf
CSČeština
katalogér
ka-ta-lo-ger
DADansk
katalogør
ka-ta-lo-ør
DEDeutsch
Katalogierer
kat-a-lo-gee-er-er
ELΕλληνικά
καταλόγος
ka-ta-lo-gos
ESEspañol
cataloguador
kat-a-loo-ah-dor
FAفارسی
کاتالوگنویسی
ka-ta-lo-g-no-vis-i
FISuomi
luetteloitsija
lue-tte-loi-tsi-ja
FRFrançais
catalogueur
kat-a-loo-ay
GUGU
વ્યવસ્થાપક
vyavastha-ap-ak
HAHA
manazarin
ma-na-za-rin
HEעברית
מ kataloger
me-ka-ta-lo-ger
HIहिन्दी
सूचीकारक
soo-chee-kaar-k
HUMagyar
katalogozó
ka-ta-lo-go-zo
IDBahasa Indonesia
pencatat katalog
pen-ka-ta-t ka-ta-log
IGIG
onye na-emeputa akwụkwọ
o-nye na-e-me-pu-ta ak-wu-kwo
ITItaliano
catalogatore
ka-ta-lo-ga-tore
JA日本語
カタログ作成者
kata-ro-gu-se-sa-te-sha
KKKK
каталогшы
ka-ta-lo-sh-y
KMKM
អ្នកប្រកាស
a-nk pra-ka-as
KO한국어
목록화자
mok-log-hwa-ja
MRMR
सूचीकारक
soo-chee-kaar-k
MSBahasa Melayu
penterjemah katalog
pen-ter-jem-ah ka-ta-log
MYမြန်မာ
စာရင်းစုစုပေး
sa-yar-ngin-su-su-pe
NLNederlands
catalogusmaker
kata-lo-gus-ma-ker
NONorsk
katalogør
ka-ta-lo-ør
PAPA
ਕੈਟਾਲਾਗਕਰਤਾ
ka-ta-la-ag-kar-ta
PLPolski
katalogujący
kata-lo-goo-y-chi
PTPortuguês
catalogador
ka-ta-lo-ga-dor
RORomână
catalogator
ka-ta-lo-ga-tor
RUРусский
каталогизатор
kata-lo-gi-za-tor
SVSvenska
katalogör
ka-ta-lo-gor
SWKiswahili
mharibika
ma-ri-bi-ka
TAதமிழ்
கேட்டாலாக்கி
ka-e-ta-la-ak-ki
TEతెలుగు
కేటలాగ్ చేయు
ke-ta-la-g che-yu
THไทย
ผู้จัดทำดัชนี
poo-jat-tham du-chnee
TLTL
tagatalahi
ta-ga-ta-la-hi
TRTürkçe
kataloglayıcı
kat-a-lo-glay-i-chi
UKУкраїнська
каталогизатор
ka-ta-lo-hi-za-tor
URاردو
کتالوج نویس
ka-ta-lo-g na-vis
VITiếng Việt
người lập danh mục
ngoo-ee lap danh-mu-c
YOYO
olọ́gbọ́mọ́
o-lo-g-bo-mo
ZUZU
umhleli wamasiko
oo-m-hle-li wa-ma-si-ko
Ethical Language Guidance
Gender History
British spelling variant; same gender-coding issues as 'cataloger'—male-defaulting in institutional contexts where women performed majority of cataloguing labor.
Inclusive Usage
Use 'cataloguer' without gendered pronouns; prefer 'cataloger' in modern usage as more inclusive spelling convention.
Inclusive Alternatives
["cataloger","cataloguing professional","information specialist"]
Empowerment Note
British library science was shaped by women cataloguers whose individual contributions were systematically obscured by hierarchical institutional attribution.