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One guy I work with also works at a local library, and my girlfriend's grandfather works for a library as well. They've commented on how with ebooks, they've seen library usage increase, for both physical and digital. Lots of people using ebooks for their ease, and if they're not available in ebook form, they get the physical copy from the library.
Problem is, if you could only check out ebooks from the library, you don't even address most of the reasons that the publishers have with ebook library copies. One concern raised by one of the publishers (can't remember which), is that you check out the ebook, then strip the DRM, and you have a free copy of the book with no restrictions. If you check out at the library, that is still possible. Next up, for people who read on their computer, they would more or less be restricted against checking out, since you'd have the library computers being what is needed to check out. Plus, you'd have to have different software or something, because of how Adobe's DRM works. The software right now links the computer checking out to the adobe account, and you're limited to 5 or 6 devices. If you have multiple computers, ereaders, etc you'd plausibly use up those slots. Not only that but if you check out on one computer one time, check out on another the next, that's two slots used up. Not only that, but it isn't exactly user friendly logging out and changing users. Plus if someone forgets to log out, there are problems there (such as people messing with your account, or next person just checking out something under your account, getting their device stuck under your limit in the meanwhile). Not only that, but you have to keep in mind Amazon's DRM, which is totally different, and pretty much not feasible to restrict to only coming from certain locations.
In short, tons of logic issues on this.
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