Yes, a server with some ebooks is a library, Calibre is a library, mobileread actually does call itself a library. Why are these entities not lobbying for some federal funds then? If, in the future no one will be reading printed books, the purveyors of ebooks will become more important.
My local library has tons of content flowing through it on a daily basis, and I mean that literally

It will probably be another decade before this change really starts to occur. When people with ereaders start buying them for their kids and what not, teaching them how to read with em.