Haven't we all had the sneaking suspicion that what we are teaching our students will eventually make us obsolete?
pre 1980's- If we teach them how to use the card catalog they won't need us to find a book. (At least they need me to make the cards)
1980s - If I show them how to use these resources on CD-ROM they won't use my cards. At least they need me to show them how to find things with these new browsers.
1990 - If I show them how to Yahoo they won't need me at all. At least they will enjoy my lessons on collaboration.
2000s - If they are using backs of my old catalog cards to write down their grades they track online, they are using their flash drives to download everything they need to take home with them, and they all have a personalized "All About Me" page, and they collaborate with their phones, PDA's and Facebook.....maybe, just maybe, I can get them to read my blog.
And when the money in California is gone for everything but essential services, what will we tell them? That will most likely be when we choose to fall on our swords and tell the administration to continue to fund all of these wonderful services we fought so hard for to help our students achieve and we return to the classroom to show them how to use them. Oh, that's right, our libraries are our classroom. There is hope if our students and teachers see our classrooms relevant to their world.