No sector of society has boxed itself into a condominium Tower of Babel with as many introspective organizations as libraries. We perceive an inability to translate those marvelous generic skills into the larger change environment. We perceive an excessive focus on where the money will come from. The Lord helps those who help themselves. Build it and they will come is a workable philosophy, as the Internet has demonstrated.
Lessons are to be found in the current rebalancing of health care and post-secondary education.
We sense a degree of incrementalism in your approach to change. That what we must do is an add on to what we do. There appears to be a reluctance to make moves, to burn bridges and to shift to some new paradigms that flow from identifiable societal needs. The Library profession is not alone in our discomfort with this change. The needs of information are so diverse that libraries cannot be all things to all people.