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This study deals with the transformation of library spaces with the development of technology and the digitalization of information in the 20th century and aims to interpret and define the conceptual idea, architectural form, and design approach of the 21st century library spaces in transition. Libraries have been playing a vital role in the development of human civilization. For this scope, this thesis studies understanding libraries with their historical background and their new spatial forms and understandings. The evolution of libraries has been searched and key developments that led to extensive change have been examined. According to the developments in information and technology, there have been significant impacts on library spaces. Information has passed from the physical environment to the digital environment, and access to information and knowledge has become much easier with the integration of technological tools. This thesis surveys the effects and transformations of libraries on function and architectural form, as well as their spatial usage through morphological analysis, criticizes emerging views such as Third Space and design practices in library spaces and explains contemporary libraries by examining the effects of the concept of Third Space. Today, libraries aren't only institutions that store information anymore; They have also become social and public hubs where information is produced and shared. The study intends to discover this emerging transition in the architectural form of library space through syntactic and morphological analyzes of selected contemporary libraries, Lochal library, Birmingham library, Calgary Central Library, and Helsinki Central Oodi library. According to developments, the Thesis proposes to interpret and define library spaces over time have been discussed and made predictions about design practices, space understandings of the library, and library concept related to the future library spaces. Keywords: Digitalization, Library Space, Library Concept, Third Space