Insights + Trends
Explore innovations, evolving library workflows, and real stories from libraries worldwide improving the patron experience.

Learn from PEN America and Texas Freedom to Read Project how to engage your community and support librarians under pressure.

What AI is, where libraries are already using it, and key takeaways from Bibliotheca’s most-attended webinar.

Tuning into the future: Discover the Partner Summit ON AIR 2026 in Barcelona, where EMEA & LATAM partners united to broadcast a new era of library innovation.

Explore how quickConnect goes beyond self-checkout, with tools for personalization, promotion, and operational control across the library.

A new locker system extends library access beyond the building, enabling secure, around-the-clock pickup in a range of community locations.

Flower Mound Public Library installed smartShelf borrow along a busy patron path, making check-ins and checkouts faster and easier for families and visitors.

Visitors can explore self-service, automation, and access solutions, including remoteLocker+, the Romi mobile library robot, and more.

A practical conversation on AI in libraries, what is changing, what to consider, and how to move forward with confidence.

From MARC records to generative models, library systems have evolved for decades. We trace what’s changed for users and staff — and what libraries must govern next.

Learn how libraries use quickConnect to promote programs, increase visibility, and engage patrons at selfCheck stations.

A small unstaffed library in northwest Jefferson County is open every day of the year. The community has responded: 4,400+ registered users and steadily growing traffic.

The two-day, pre-conference event will bring together library leaders and staff for hands-on training, live demonstrations, and practical discussions focused on self-service, automation, access, and RFID technologies.