Conveners
KIC #2024.B: Sub-theme: Technological Advancement in Library and Information Services / Adjournement
- Juliet Awinja Erima (Moi University)
- Jackline Dama (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics)
This literature review addressed the transformative impact of AI-enabled virtual assistants on user engagement within library settings. It aimed to investigate the role of AI in enhancing library services and user experiences, resources and expertise regardless of time and location. The study focused on AI technologies such as natural language processing and machine learning to be utilised to...
Technological advances have radically changed how modern libraries operate. Technology is offering libraries a new world of opportunities to engage users and influence how information is gathered, stored, organised, retrieved, and consumed and holds great promise for improved access and maximum utilisation of information resources for quality, teaching, learning and research output. For such...
In the fast-growing educational environment, school libraries meet difficulties in keeping abreast of technological progress and remaining applicable in instituting innovation and teaching modern skills. This research is designed to determine the role of technology in school libraries and the extent of its influence on library productivity while paying attention to the challenges and...
This conference paper delves into the critical theme of empowering libraries and information centres within the contemporary knowledge ecosystem, with a specific focus on the sub-theme of knowledge management. Using Umma University as a case study, the study investigates new trends in knowledge management in the 21st century. The problem at hand lies in the challenges faced by libraries and...
