Interacting with our Library: the 2.0 Concept

Until we started this 23 Things I didn't even know what the 2.0 concept meant. Now we're trying to get our heads around whether the library should be more interactive in an electronic sense (the website and catalog, I'm thinking). Rick Anderson says in "Away from Icebergs" that his library circ stats are down,presumably because the information is available elsewhere and people don't need the "just in case" collection. We have not seen that here, and he overlooks the satisfaction many people get from browsing the collection and finding that unexpected item. But his next point is well taken: people should not need to be taught how to use our system to find information. We are at a point with technology that we should be able to provide a system that is easy and intuitive. Our catalog can't find what Amazon does in its sleep. And I think it would be cool to let patrons write, rate, and comment on the books they find in our catalog, as well as keep lists of what they've read and want to read. So I definitely think that our catalog has a long way to go to reach, even 1.1 status, let alone 2.0. But that's a Sirsi issue I think -- THEY are the ones holding us back, and I'm not sure there is any better software out there for libraries or we'd be first in line for it.