Evidently, there is a *fifth column* in the Libraries profession. Are they involved in sabotage? Yes. Do they introduce supporters into the entity under attack? Yes. Do they influence national policy? Yes. Do they stoke fears through misinformationation campaigns? YES.

Are these individuals given more media coverage than public librarians who defend the value of the physical book? They are. And their dictatorial attitude is ruining public libraries – in direct opposition to what the public (for whom the service exists) is crying out for on a daily basis.

Has the ‘Library Science’ discipline done for public libraries what the ‘Accredited Nursing Degree’ has done for nursing – providing opportunities for those who aspire to a PhD – whilst totally ignoring the end-user who relies on their good sense ?

Nurses are now told they must “retrain” – to give them the most basic skills. There are calls for their “mindset” to be changed. “Hooray” says the patient lying unattended in his bed.

Who will change the “mindset” of the fifth columnists in the Libraries world? That such people exist and have the audacity to rubbish the core ethos of librariesl makes me extremely angry.