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Remember that the major libraries of the world - the British Library, the Bodlean Library in Oxford, the Library of Congress, etc - are not there to "borrow" books from; they are national archives of a country's literary treasures. You can go to the British Library and look at an original copy of Shakespeare's "First Folio", for example.
That type of archive will always be required; such places are invaluable research resources. Electronic archives certainly have a place in allowing you to find what's available in such a place, but there'll never be a substitute for being able to study original documents.
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