Transformation of Libraries in the Artificial Intelligence Era: Emerging Roles and Opportunities for Promoting the Indian Knowledge System
Author(s): Manisha Atul Samant
Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are developing rapidly, creating new opportunities for innovation in many fields, including libraries. As repositories and gateways to knowledge, modern libraries are shifting from traditional book repositories to dynamic, user-centred digital information centres. They are also becoming more sophisticated, technologically enabled knowledge ecosystems. AI offers unprecedented capabilities to automate routine tasks, enhance information retrieval, and personalise user engagement. The Indian Knowledge System (IKS) may libraries should treat AI-generated metadatabe created, organised, preserved, interpreted, disseminated, and made globally visible with the help of libraries in India thanks to this transition. IKS includes philosophy, literature, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, linguistics, arts, architecture, agriculture, environmental knowledge, and indigenous and community-based knowledge.
Keywords - Artificial Intelligence; Indian Knowledge System; Cultural Heritage; Digital Libraries; Digital Preservation.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.12.1.2026.2077
Cite This Article As: Samant, M.A. (2026) Transformation of Libraries in the Artificial Intelligence Era: Emerging Roles and Opportunities for Promoting the Indian Knowledge System. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 12(1) 449-456. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-2077 Page: 449-456 Publication Date: 28 March 2026