> You and I can spend hours trying to hunt down a worthy well cited resource on a topic, whereas a good Librarian can find it in minutes.

This is kind of a silly question, but do just say to a librarian something like, "I'm looking for a book on implementing compilers." And they'll give you some? And when you finish those, can you say "Wow, I really liked so-and-so book, and I'm especially interested in so-and-so optimization. Do you know any books on that?" I've basically always worked out what I needed on my own, so I'm not sure how to talk to librarians.