Debate: Are School Librarians Expendable?
States and cities are under severe budget constraints. They are turning to the library.

Claim: School librarians are not expendable
Reason: Librarians ensure teachers have the necessary resources.
Warrant 0: the internet offers teachers all the resources they could need
Warrant 1: the internet doesn't offer teachers all the resources they could need
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School librarians are not expendable
Reason: Librarians have the ability to teach a special skill set to those who come to their buildings and they generally have the love of their job to do just that.
Warrant 0: many books aren't digital now
Warrant 1: most books are digital now and there really isn't much of a job for librarians to do any more
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: School librarians are not expendable
Reason: Librarians have the ability to teach a special skill set to those who come to their buildings and they generally have the love of their job to do just that.
Warrant 0: this is the sort of skill not just any teacher or aide could learn, there needs to be a full time librarian on staff.
Warrant 1: This is the sort of skill any teacher or aide could learn, there doesn't have to be a full time librarian on staff.
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: School librarians are expendable
Reason: School teachers perform the duties that libraries are expected too perform, and thus libraries are redundant.
Warrant 0: teachers can work two jobs at once
Warrant 1: teachers can't work two jobs at once
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: School librarians are not expendable
Reason: The internet is full of things which can fool impressionable students, some learn easily, while other will be fooled.
Warrant 0: parents and teachers can educate them on how to distinguish alternative facts from reality
Warrant 1: parents and teachers cannot educate them on how to distinguish alternative facts from reality
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School librarians are expendable
Reason: School teachers perform the duties that libraries are expected too perform, and thus libraries are redundant.
Warrant 0: Librarians act as historians and have a plethora of knowledge.
Warrant 1: librarians act as school teachers in the redundant libraries
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: School librarians are not expendable
Reason: The costs to replace school librarians with technology is prohibitive.
Warrant 0: that cost can't be reduced with the technology we have
Warrant 1: that cost could be reduced greatly with newer advancements in technology and a proper database
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: School librarians are not expendable
Reason: Public librarians can be important to people's lives.
Warrant 0: school librarians don't work with the same people that public ones do
Warrant 1: school librarians and public librarians work similarly with all people
Correct warrant: 1