Room, building (material or virtual) which acquires, classifies, and makes available documents (books, journals, daily newspapers, audio-visual materials and others) to a set of users. It is academic when it dedicates itself to the members of a university community.
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Investigating Factors Affecting Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption by Libraries at Top-Rated Universities Worldwide
Daniel Tomiuk (University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada),
Cataldo Zuccaro (University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada),
Michel Plaisent (University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada),
Aslı Gül Öncel (Galatasaray University, Turkey),
Younes Benslimane (York University, Canada), and
Prosper Bernard (University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada)
Copyright: © 2024
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0807-3.ch006
Abstract
This chapter aims at understanding better the perceptions of academic libraries' top managers with regards to artificial intelligence (AI) and adoption decisions. Building on previous research, this study reports on the relationship between perceived familiarity with AI and the decision-makers' positive adoption attitude regarding AI in libraries. Results indicate that the main issues faced by senior-librarians when considering an AI implementation are the lack of maturity of the commercial solutions offered, security and privacy concerns, the library's core values, its funding capacity, and the need for technical expertise. The most popular AI applications currently implemented are natural language processing and virtual reference librarians (chatbots) while the least popular are robot guides and facial recognition.