Abstract
The rapid development of cutting-edge and emerging information technologies has provided academic libraries with ways of delivering and disseminating scholarly information resources and services in the age of artificial intelligence. In the networking academic learning environment, however, more and more academic libraries are facing challenges and opportunities for how to satisfy high dynamic demands of faculty, students, and community users at affordable operating budgets, especially during the period of the global Covid-19 pandemic. The primary purpose of this paper is to explore which cutting-edge and emerging technologies may shape future innovative services in academic libraries worldwide. From the perspectives of a senior academic faculty with IT programming experience, this paper outlines those top cutting-edge and emerging technologies which will shape the future academic library services across the landscape of scholarly information discovery. Taking the Georgia Southern University Library as a sample, this paper also outlines which creation and innovation could better enhance and integrate excellence in teaching, learning, and research based on their existing service modules. This paper includes the following sections: 1. Introduction 2. Evolving Academic Libraries in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 3. Rapid Advance in Information Technologies 4. Innovative Services for Academic Libraries 5. Case Study (Georgia Southern University Libraries) 6. Challenges and Opportunities 7. Summary of Target participants include academic administrators, executives, instructors, IT specialists, librarians, and other professionals who are interested in the impacts of artificial intelligence on the network of academic learning environment.
Presenters
LiLi LiProfessor/Research Services Librarian, Georgia Southern University Libraries, Georgia Southern University, Georgia, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Digital Library, Information Visualization, Ubiquitous Learning
