Is this Spanish Inquisition in the History section or Religion?

In case you missed it, California districts, the Los Angeles Unified School District in particular, is firing as many librarians as they can legally get away with. Because librarians aren't essential to an educational system? This is appalling.

The disgraceful interrogation of L.A. school librarians (LA Times)
California Hands Out Scores of Pink Slips to School Librarians (School Library Journal)

On the topic, this just sent to me today by Alert First Girlfriend From Childhood Jessica:

Seth's Blog: The Future of the Library—in which he states his case that in the digital age, librarians are increasingly essential, not less so.

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