You PAY for a library card? That's a new one for me. Of course, it's probably due to lack of public support of libraries these days. :(
I think libraries do and have all the important things I associate with books...or would, if they had the funding. It's that lack of funding that makes me decide to drive more for one than the other.
Hrm. I have just had the idea to combine libraries and bookstores into one entity, and I like it, both in fiction (which I'm writing) and reality. I think I may go pitch the concept to my local libraries.