I actually enjoyed all of that, and still occasionally spend time pouring through the stacks. Right up until the "making copies" part. It goes very quickly (instantly?) downhill from there.

I definitely get more out of physical paper where I can book mark, dog ear, underline, highlight and write in the margins than I've ever gotten from a digital copy. Except for the searching.

I don't think we'll ever have a great hybrid, but pairing the two together is the way to go.

Inter-branch loans haven't changed. I'm on 3 months now still waiting for one.