Abstract：Bibliometric analyses and network mapping on the smart library in Web of Science from 2003 to 2021 Purpose This research conducts bibliometric analyses and network mapping on smart libraries worldwideIt examines publication profilesidentifies the most cited publications and preferred sources and considers the cooperation of the authorsorganizations and countries worldwideThe research also highlights keyword trends and clusters and finds new developments and emerging trends from the co-cited references networkDesignmethodologyapproach A total of 264 records with 1200 citations were extracted from the Web of Science database from 2003 to 2021The trends in the smart library were analyzed and visualized using BibExcelVOSviewerBiblioshiny and CiteSpaceFindings The Peoples Republic of China had the most publications119the most citations374the highest H-index12and the highest total link strengthTLS25Wuhan University had the highest H-index6ChiuDickson KWH-index4TLS22and LoPatrickH-index4TLS21from the University of Hong Kong had the highest H-indices and were the most cooperative authorsLibrary Hi Tech was the most preferred journalMobile librarywas the most frequently used keywordMobile contextwas the largest cluster on the research frontResearch limitationsimplications This study helps librariansscientists and funders understand smart library trendsOriginalityvalue There are several studies and solid background research on smart librariesHoweverto the best of the authors knowledgethis study is the first to conduct bibliometric analyses and network mapping on smart libraries around the globeLibrary AutomationBooksintelligent inventoryand intelligent queries that use self-referenceself-service returnand positioning wrongly through RFID technologyConsulting ServiceUse Chatbots such as AlexaSiriand IBM Watson for reference servicesCollection classificationBook procurement and processing through pattern recognitionRetrieval and IndexingUse NLP to perform voice search and data exploration for citation counting and other analysisInstificational CollectionUse big data analysis to manage the digital data of the library and process database usage analysisThe study uses the analysis of the book metering and network drawing to study the trend of global smart librariesBook measurement analysis usually involves data exploration technologybecause it involves extracted and analyzed information from a large number of literatureExpert SystemsESIt is used to manage library systems to replace traditional systemsNLPNatural Language ProcessingVoice search allows in libraries and online platformssuch as Google and YouTubePattern RecognitionIt can be used to obtain and handle library bookscirculation systemsand loginData MiningIt can be used for citation countingalternative index scoreslibrary trendssocial media marksmetadata movement and exportIOTInternet of ThingsMiddleware and search software run through RFIDnear-field communication and sensing networksRoboticsRoboticsHelp library users on books and find library materials