I think the strength of the Library 2.0 movement is the increased emphasis on encouraging patrons to provide feedback and participating in their libraries. Their are valuable lessons to be learnt by listening to patrons and not just providing what we think they may want.
However having said that I do wonder at the necessity of some of these new technologies. Most appear to be geared towards social interaction rather than having any academic value and I am a bit puzzled as to how we (or the patron) would get any benefit from these tools.
I am certainly not against using all of the elements of Web 2.0 in a library environment. I can see something like YouTube being used to provide searching tutorials for instance. I guess it's the same with any new technologies that are developed, we need to ascertain how best to put it in use and not simply embrace it because it is there.
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