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

Walk into the right library and you might meet James, Glinda, or The Bookinator. The technology has product names. The staff have other ideas.

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

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.

How Licking County Library brings people together through community programs, engaging spaces, and self-service technology that supports daily operations.

Augsburg University’s Lindell Library reimagines access with self-service technology, empowering students through flexibility and inclusion.

With limited space and high demand, a beloved lakeside branch finds new life—and new hours—thanks to open+ access.

Following strategic upgrades, Redford Township District Library sees record circulation, 94% self-check use, and thriving community engagement.

Kitchener Public Library expands access with remoteLocker by Bibliotheca—self-service lockers for borrowing, returns, and hold pickup in community centres.

Discover how Carmel Clay Public Library increased 24/7 holds pickup by 30% using Bibliotheca’s remoteLocker, delivering convenience and access for all.

Manawatū Library leads NZ with open+, offering safe after-hours access and transforming how rural communities use library services.

Refresh a branch using modern library self-service technology, utilise selfCheck 500 to help the tiny library team streamline workflow

Blue Mountains Library boosts access with RFID, remoteLockers, and self-service—bringing resources to remote Australian communities with lasting impact.