Awareness and Perception of the Artificial Intelligence in the Management of University Libraries in Nigeria

Q3 Social Sciences

Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve Pub Date : 2021-04-20 DOI:10.1080/1072303X.2021.1918602

Owolabi Kehinde Abayomi, Fauziyah Nihinlolawa Adenekan, A. Abayomi, Taiwo Abosede Ajayi, A. Aderonke

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Abstract

Abstract Due to the growing presence of artificial intelligence (AI) in developed countries, this study investigates the awareness and perception about artificial intelligence in the management of university libraries in Nigeria. The study is a survey design that is based on both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The population of the study comprised eighty academic librarians from eight purposively selected university libraries in the country. The finding of the study revealed that academic librarians are aware of the existence of AI usage in the university libraries and that the fear of job loss is the major constraint they face in the adoption of the technologies; even though they are aware that the innovative technologies will enable efficient user satisfaction. The study recommends the need for academic librarians to make themselves relevant in this era of the fourth industrial revolution, by acquiring necessary skills that are in line with the technologies. It is also critical that library management educate academic librarians to understand that the adoption of AI in the library does not translate to the loss of jobs.

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尼日利亚大学图书馆管理中人工智能的认识与感知

由于人工智能(AI)在发达国家的日益普及，本研究调查了尼日利亚大学图书馆管理中对人工智能的认识和认知。该研究是一项基于定性和定量方法的调查设计。这项研究的对象包括80名学术图书管理员，他们来自国内有目的地选择的8所大学图书馆。研究结果表明，学术图书馆员意识到大学图书馆中人工智能的使用，并且担心失业是他们在采用这些技术时面临的主要限制;尽管他们意识到创新技术将使用户满意。该研究建议，学术图书馆员需要通过掌握与技术相适应的必要技能，使自己与第四次工业革命时代息息相关。同样重要的是，图书馆管理部门要教育学术图书馆员，让他们明白，在图书馆采用人工智能并不意味着失去工作。

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Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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期刊介绍： The peer reviewed Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve is the only North American journal devoted to interlibrary loan, document delivery, and electronic reserve librarianship. While other journals in reference services and academic librarianship occasionally publish articles on interlibrary loan or electronic reserve, this unique journal publishes over half of all articles on these topics. These important articles are a mix of practice and theory. Retitled from the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply to reflect the expansion of its focus to include electronic reserve, the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve marks a clear direction to make the journal even more useful to all libraries.