This article analyses and compares life narratives from the previous and currently working librarians of Ukmergė district between the time period of 2016–2018. The analysed narratives reveal the most distinct connections between identity of librarians and their professional activity, and reflect the realia of cultural and social life. Comparison of previous and current narratives reveals experiences of different generations having the same profession, what helps to understand how the specific features of human personality reveal in a specific time period. The narratives of librarians reveal the importance of the community when accepting a cultural worker to a team and supporting him/her, also the role of a library as a “shelter” for the community groups that are considered outcasts becomes apparent, and the supplementary social roles of a librarian are revealed.