Morgenstern's Starless Sea takes things quite a bit further. Reviewers describe the book as a beautifully written and compellingly imagined book that introduces a mystical library. These librarians are physically and emotionally inculcated to their vocation, devoting themselves entirely to serving the library.
Why elinguation? Because, borrowing from Popowich, their role is to be caretakers who can't say "No". Not meaning makers. (2019)