Library Science Research & Work.
2023, 0(4):
35.
The application and development of artificial intelligence bring great opportunities and challenges to librarianship. This paper investigates the research situation of artificial intelligence in the field of libraries in China from 2017 to 2022, and classifies the existing research framework into three progressive parts, namely “deconstruction”, “integration” and “reflection”, based on the analysis of the number of articles and the distribution of topics. The “deconstruction” part summarizes AI research in the library field into four components, including deep concepts and logic, infrastructure and space, key technologies and applications, and major operations and services; the “integration” part focuses on the achievements of smart libraries, which are the products of the deep integration of AI and libraries; and the “reflection” part outlines the practical dilemmas and challenges of AI application in libraries from three levels— application, risk, and personnel. Based on the existing research, libraries can further explore the deeper applications of AI, provide users with relevant literacy education and guarantee the training and enhancement of practitioners.