http://galleria.io/ - Galleria Display
Looks like a very powerful framework for implementing image galleries. They claim it's widely used by top sites.
http://sorgalla.com/jcarousel/ - Very nice image slider doohickey
http://bxslider.com/ - Responsive jQuery Content Slider
- Fully responsive - will adapt to any device
- Horizontal, vertical, and fade modes
- Slides can contain images, video, or HTML content
- Advanced touch / swipe support built-in
- Uses CSS transitions for slide animation (native hardware acceleration!)
- Full callback API and public methods
- Small file size, fully themed, simple to implement
- Browser support: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, iOS, Android, IE7+
- Tons of configuration options
jQuery Image Slider Tutorial video series - a video series going over how to build an image slider widget from scratch.
Create your own jQuery Image Slider http://css-plus.com/2013/10/create-your-own-jquery-image-slider/ - A blog post explaining how to roll your own slider widget
Create Beautiful jQuery slider tutorial http://www.dreamcss.com/2009/04/create-beautiful-jquery-sliders.html - Another