John N. Berry III beschreibt in seinem Artikel Blatant Berry: The Vanishing Librarians – 2/15/2008 – Library Journal ziemlich düster die Lage von Bibliotheken und BibliothekarInnen:
It looks like the â??transformationâ? we seek for libraries and librarianship may turn out to be more of a â??deskillingâ? of library jobs than an enhancement of the profession. More and more working librarians are â??managedâ? by a new breed of library leader. Their model for the new public library is that dehumanized supermarket or the chaotic disorganization of the largest Barnes & Noble.