Navigating and Investigating: HBCUs Libraries and Librarians Researching with Authority: An Academic Librarian’s Frame-working Research Approach: 'Libraries Are the Great Equalizers' The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Scott Carlson
Without librarians, a library building is merely a warehouse of stuff. It’s the librarian who makes a library what it is.

And the library profession, much like the library itself, is undergoing profound change. As many of the activities of the library have moved online, the librarian has had to adapt to keep up with broader shifts in technology, society, and demographics, all of which have had profound implications for the people entering the profession and the skills and qualifications it requires. Only about a third of the people working in libraries even identify as librarians, according to the Association of College and Research Libraries.