Providing research tools & a study place is one of the two functions of libraries. The other is archiving and referencing, and it is this that is the larger pa

Providing research tools & a study place is one of the two functions of libraries. The other is archiving and referencing, and it is this that is the larger part of the librarian's professional skill. This function helps ensure that published knowledge survives in a usable form in the long term. The move of such knowledge to the information greatly increases the risk of destruction of such information. On the plus side, it is easier to censor libraries than the internet.