Is a digital library possible?

In the Internet today, Google’s influence is widespread. Now, Google has plans to expand its influence further by digitizing books and adding them into a digital library. So is this the way of the future? Will libraries as we know them today disappear in the future? After all, a digital library has little overheads, seems easily accessible and has a wide scope. However, I feel this will not happen anytime soon given the portability of paper books, copyright issues, information overload and the impact of paper books.
At first glance, a digital library may seem infinitely accessible compared with a normal library. It is troublesome to go down to a normal library to borrow a book or frustrating to wait until it has been returned. However, the accessibility of a digital library rapidly decreases during travel. Can you imagine how troublesome it would be to lug around a computer just to read a book. Books on the other hand, can be stuffed into your bag and are always handy. Compare this with a laptop which is not only bulky and heavy but also fragile. In any case, there will not always be a power socket available to charge a laptop nor is there always a good wireless connection. This is not to mention that staring at a computer screen (at least for me) is more straining on the eyes compared with reading a book.
We should also look at the mechanics of how a digital library would operate. While there would be no chance of vandalism or books going missing and hardly any overheads, these will be replaced by a much more pressing problem, namely piracy. We can look at how serious movie and song producers are viewing the problem of piracy as well as how rampant piracy is in some places. Would not the problem be even worse for books? After all, there are no issues of resolution or sound quality to worry about. Of course, you can argue that people have no incentive to buy pirated books when they have it free from a digital library. But in that case, would not having a digital library be piracy? Compare this to how seriously the music industry looks at the problem of people downloading songs for free.
Digital libraries will be able to accumulate vast amounts of information, but this can be a drawback. Imagine how long it will take to load the data. In addition, the sheer amount of information in the digital library will be overwhelming, making it practically impossible to browse for books. Just imagine scrolling through a list of a few hundred books just starting with the letter A. In normal libraries, there is the luxury of wandering around and randomly flipping through books, occasionally finding something interesting to read. In a digital library, due to the sheer amount of information, one would only be able to find a book if you have a very specific focus. There would be no room to exercise your curiosity and find new areas of interest in reading.
The core of the digital library, the e-book may not be able to recreate the effect of having a real book. For example, the impact of a picture book will not be the same if it is downsized to fit into a computer screen. In addition, the feeling of handling a old and antique book cannot be recreated in a mere digital image.
In conclusion, a digital library may bring down overheads and be easily accessible from home, however it can be hard to access during travel, does not have the same impact as a paper book, can create an information overload and has copyright issues.