General Research

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/08/22/the-future-of-libraries/?awesm=tnw.to_s3G7z&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share%20button&utm_content=The%20future%20of%20libraries

http://www.skillshare.com/classes/design/Brand-Identity-Design-Adaptable-Branding-Systems/239606488

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/bookless-library-new-us-university-florida-polytechnic-digital?CMP=twt_gu

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/2013-11/most-beautiful-libraries-trinity-college-mushashino-bodleian-sainte-genevieve-slideshow_slideshow_Musashino-Art-University-Museum---Library_8

http://www.getting-medieval.com/my_weblog/2012/07/book-vending-machines-are-here.html

http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-a-new-dutch-library-smashed-attendance-records

http://vimeo.com/72957294

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-economy/solutions-bank/what-the-library-of-the-future-will-look-like-20140121

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/228668

http://cs9815.userapi.com/u26632756/154912229/z_6ff543bd.jpg

This link is a pretty handy article written on what libraries used to be, and what they will become. Two very different things, and we have to be designing for the future so why not get an idea of what that is?

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/not-your-mothers-library/381119/

Check this BookBot out! Is it the library of the future? Not sure it adds much to making the experience enjoyable to be honest, but it is VERY cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdkNZJ1QYzg

http://libraryofthefuture.tumblr.com

Good stuff going on here! http://ablogonlist.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/the-future-of-libraries-adopting-a-market-orientation/

Great watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fa6ERdxyYdo

Taking the library to the people!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjoJd_uN-7M

Communities taking their libraries into their own hands! http://vimeo.com/72957294

Hutt City library has become completely self service!