ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LIBRARY PRACTICE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CALL FOR REALISTIC PARTNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION.

The paper examined artificial intelligence and library practice in developing countries: a call for realistic partnership and sustainable collaboration. The highlights of the paper include: current technological state of libraries in developing countries; level of readiness among librarians cum libraries in developing countries to embrace AI tools and related technologies; areas of AI applicability in library and information service delivery; rationalization for realistic partnership and sustainable collaboration; viable institutes and agencies that librarians can collaborate and partner with for all-in-one deployment of AI tools; requisite skills for full integration of AI to library service delivery in developing countries and strategies for efficient deployment of AI. Recommendations were made in view of potential factors that may limit full actualization of viable partnership and sustainable collaborative efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]