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2.3 miles wouldn't take me an hour and 15 min. More like 45 min one way, walking 3.5 - 4 mph.
I would not walk that regularly for the library. I would bike or more likely drive due to time, weather, and some roads between my home and the library not really being suitable to walk/bike safely the whole way. My immediate neighborhood is bike/walk friendly, but as I go out 1 - 2 miles and further, they are very much car roads not built with cyclists and pedestrians in mind.
45 minutes each way would come to 1:15 total walking time
But edit: OP mentions in a comment that it's going to total 2.5 hours.
Maybe OP is short like me. We take longer to get places
5km/h is my casual walking pace.
To answer their question, I walk my dog 4km twice a day.
Yeah, the distance isnt a problem for me either, it's the logistics. Safety on the path there, what to do w my dog while I'm in the library. Fitting that much time into my day for a single-purpose trip. Carrying many pounds of books or larger (my library checks out household maintenance and cooking tools too).
Path safety: I'm in Australia, it's pretty safe.
Dog: I don't take my dog to the library, he's fine at home.
Encumbrance: That's personal, I'm a big guy, I can carry a 20kg backpack for an hour or two without issue.