By Andrew Carlos and Gretchen Keer | October 30, 2015, "...if, as Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Brenton Faber argues, “professionalism is a social movement predicated on knowledge control, social elitism, and economic power,” do librarians really want to be considered professionals? Does, in fact, “professionalism” work in direct contradiction to stated librarian ethics? And, conversely, do our professional ethics actually work against our professional status? The work of librarianship revolves around providing access to information, following the belief that an informed citizenry makes a robust democracy, while the hallmark of professionalism is undoubtedly gatekeeping."