Virtual libraries also lack the ease of keeping several books open in front of you at the same time. This is very important in fields like linguistics, history,

Virtual libraries also lack the ease of keeping several books open in front of you at the same time. This is very important in fields like linguistics, history, or archaeology. I do like my e-book reader and read plenty of Sci-Hub- or LibGen-sourced literature on it, but I can’t realistically buy five e-book readers to half-ass emulate the research experience I am most productive with.