At the start of a first-year instruction session at George Washington University (GW), Taylor Baugher introduced herself as a research services librarian and asked her class, somewhat on a whim, “What do you think a librarian does?” After a brief pause, a student timidly raised their hand and said, “You get the resources that we use.” At its heart, yes, this is librarianship, or at least one form of it. This simple answer offered a perfect organic segue to discuss collection development and the