An old adage states, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." That sentiment is driving a growing and, for some librarians, disturbing trend that is creating a rift over how our profession will avoid becoming the 21st-century equivalents of buggy-whip makers. Instead of adhering to our essential values and allowing them to guide us through challenging times of transformation, a contingent within librarianship is convinced we're being marginalized by Google and its brethren. They are reacting by seeking to either reduce our electronic resources to that same bland interface that dominates the internet, or by claiming that the sky will fall unless those same resources are retrievable when searching Google and other search engines.
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