White Paper or White Wash

After meandering through some of the posts it would seem that so far everyone is in agreement that Chad and Miller are all mouth and trousers! Lets face it, Do libraries matter? The rise of library 2.0 is nothing more than a sales pitch. Well I supposed they have to make living somehow, but they should have pitched their virtual library idea at disney world. Their constant referrals to Amazon and Google as the ideal to which libraries should aspire was irratating at best. Although the content is interesting, it is highly biased. After dissecting this paper, it would seem that neither Chad nor Miller truly grasp the fundamental principles of the library. Yes, there is certainly a need for libraries to find, and keep, a place in the virtual realm and the challenges in doing so will be tremendous. Perhaps by presenting the possibilities of library 2.0, therein lay the true value, if any, of this paper. It certainly has no intrinsic value for information professionals, apart from something to argue about around the water cooler.