The main difference is that you stop worrying about things. In the past, if you took a book out, you'd have to remember in the back of your mind that you have

The main difference is that you stop worrying about things. In the past, if you took a book out, you'd have to remember in the back of your mind that you have to return it by a specific date. My kids like to have dozens of books out at a time. In the past there was always the worry that you would take a stack of books back but forget one or two; you'd search the whole apartment just in case. That's all gone now. If the library needs the book back, they email you and then you go look around for it. Otherwise, you do everything on your own schedule, whenever it is convenient. And if your kid wants to keep a book for 6 months or more, that's also fine. I'm sure that NYPL will need to buy more books as part of the adjustment. But they can. It's totally worth it.