Rev. Orya Bogo
College Library,
College of Education Katsina-Ala.
E-mail. oryabogo@gmail.com
08068553846
Abstract
The adoption of Artificial Intelligence can improve library services and provide access to accurate information that can drive growth and development in this information age. AI technologies are now being employed in libraries to enable organic reader-library interaction. Due to the increasing presence of artificial intelligence (AI) in developed countries and Nigeria in particular, this paper makes an appraisal of the role of artificial intelligence in academic library service delivery in academic libraries in Nigeria. The research is qualitative and relied on secondary sources. The paper identified the advantages of adopting artificial intelligence in academic libraries to include, ease of use, endless functionality, and the ability to perform complex work, among others, and the challenges faced by library management towards adopting artificial intelligence, which include financial uncertainty, job loss, and technological defects, among others. The paper concluded that adoption of AI in academic libraries sets a new level of efficient and effective library service delivery, but adoption in developing countries such as Nigeria is low due to some identified challenges. The paper recommended that government and library management should come together to suggest the way forward for academic libraries in terms of meeting the latest standard for the use of AI in libraries; library staff need to undergo training and retraining in the use of artificial intelligence in providing library services, among other things.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, academic libraries, library services,
