1. The document discusses the emergence of new professions in the 19th-20th centuries as industrialization, economic, and social growth occurred. 2. Librarianship emerged as a profession during this time period as the corpus of knowledge multiplied exponentially, requiring rapid expansion in the nature of work and services around knowledge organization, retrieval, and dissemination. 3. While librarianship may not be on par with long-established professions like medicine and law, it fulfills some characteristics of a profession such as a body of professional techniques and intellectual involvement in developing tools and techniques.