The intelligent library Thought leaders’ views on the likely impact of artificial intelligence on academic libraries

PurposeThe last few years have seen a surge of interest in artificial intelligence (AI). The purpose of this paper is to capture a snapshot of perceptions of the potential impact of AI on academic libraries and to reflect on its implications for library work.Design/methodology/approachThe data for t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Library hi tech Jg. 37; H. 3; S. 418 - 435
Hauptverfasser: Cox, Andrew M., Pinfield, Stephen, Rutter, Sophie
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 16.09.2019
Schlagworte:
Academic libraries
Artificial intelligence
Automation
Big Data
Collection management
Computers
Data analysis
Data quality
Digital preservation
Ethical standards
Ethics
Information literacy
Information resources
Infrastructure
Intelligibility
Interviews
Librarians
Libraries
Library collections
Licenses
Literacy
Machine learning
Metadata
Navigation
Privacy
Quality control
Scholarly publishing
Supercomputers
Trends
ISSN:0737-8831, 2054-166X
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Zusammenfassung:PurposeThe last few years have seen a surge of interest in artificial intelligence (AI). The purpose of this paper is to capture a snapshot of perceptions of the potential impact of AI on academic libraries and to reflect on its implications for library work.Design/methodology/approachThe data for the study were interviews with 33 library directors, library commentators and experts in education and publishing.FindingsInterviewees identified impacts of AI on search and resource discovery, on scholarly publishing and on learning. Challenges included libraries being left outside the focus of development, ethical concerns, intelligibility of decisions and data quality. Some threat to jobs was perceived. A number of potential roles for academic libraries were identified such as data acquisition and curation, AI tool acquisition and infrastructure building, aiding user navigation and data literacy.Originality/valueThis is one of the first papers to examine current expectations around the impact of AI on academic libraries. The authors propose the paradigm of the intelligent library to capture the potential impact of AI for libraries.
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ISSN:0737-8831
2054-166X
DOI:10.1108/LHT-08-2018-0105