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How artificial intelligence might change academic library work: Applying the competencies literature and the theory of the professions

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The probable impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on work, including professional work, is contested, but it is unlikely to leave them untouched. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to consider the likelihood of the adoption of different approaches to AI in academic libraries. As theoretical lenses to guide the analysis the paper draws on both the library and information science (LIS) literature on librarians' competencies and the notions of jurisdiction and hybrid logics drawn from the sociological theory of the professions. The paper starts by outlining these theories and then reviews the nature of AI and the range of its potential uses in academic libraries. The main focus of the paper is on the application of AI to knowledge discovery. Eleven different potential approaches libraries might adopt to such AI applications are analyzed and their likelihood evaluated. Then it is considered how a range of internal and external factors might influence the adoption of AI. In addition to reflecting on the possible impact of AI on librarianship the paper contributes to understanding how to synthesize the competencies literature with the theory of the profession and presents a new understanding of librarians as hybrid.

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  • Andrew Cox, 2023. "How artificial intelligence might change academic library work: Applying the competencies literature and the theory of the professions," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 74(3), pages 367-380, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jinfst:v:74:y:2023:i:3:p:367-380
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.24635
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    1. Andrew M. Cox & Sheila Corrall, 2013. "Evolving academic library specialties," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 64(8), pages 1526-1542, August.
    2. Andrew M. Cox & Sheila Corrall, 2013. "Evolving academic library specialties," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 64(8), pages 1526-1542, August.
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