Not completely my opinion but there is an op-ed piece that is worth reading. It’s also worth reading the comments/responses. From the piece:

Rather than build an expensive new library downtown in the mistaken belief that such a monument to 19th century information technology will bring the community together, the city of Lawrence needs to consider the real advantages to bringing our entire community’s information infrastructure into the 21st century.

I should note that blyberg has a nice post talking about this.