Artificial Intelligence in Library Studies: A Textual Analysis

Santosa, Faizhal Arif Artificial Intelligence in Library Studies: A Textual Analysis. JLIS.it, 2025, vol. 16, n. 1, pp. 61-71. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Artificial intelligence has emerged as a promising technology in the post-pandemic era, significantly impacting the library ecosystem and the direction of library and information science studies. This study aims to map AI-related research in libraries to identify opportunities and discuss future directions. Using textual analysis of data from Scopus, the study analyzed article titles with the burst detection algorithm and abstracts with scattertext and lemmatization. Six burst words were detected out of twelve frequently appearing in titles. Scattertext results showed a comparison between the service side (red) and the development side (blue) in libraries. Research increasingly focuses on AI utilization for library services and natural language processing (NLP) to enhance services. On the development side, AI involves product creation and encompasses AI literacy frameworks, policies, and their impact on libraries. AI affects studies in libraries by changing application methods, such as machine learning and NLP. Future research will become more diverse, considering the unique characteristics of each library.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Library; Trend; Textual analysis; Library studies.
Date deposited: 15 Sep 2026 05:10
Last modified: 15 Sep 2026 05:10
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48979

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