Impact of AI in Research Data Management on Library Administration: VISION-2035 (Published)
The use of AI in libraries offers revolutionary possibilities in several fields, embracing creative solutions and transforming conventional methods. Chatbots are one example of how the Industrial Revolution 4.0 has resulted in the substitution of services with machines to increase performance and quality. Improving user experiences using NLP and artificial intelligence (AI). Now Librarians have been forced to respond with service innovations in data science and research data management (RDM) due to the recent developments in network technologies and scholarly communication, which give academic libraries the chance to seek out new ways to interact with researcher communities. The purpose of this study is to examine research data management services offered by research libraries. One of the main emerging themes in academic libraries is the facilitation of research data management for the benefit of researchers and institutions. The purpose of this work is to examine how libraries might offer these kinds of services for managing research data and integrate all universities and research centres, government departments into one network named the Research Database Management System (RDMS). This study covers the importance of research data, its organisation, distribution, preservation, and the vital role of researchers and professors in their daily research updates and life cycle. The librarians examine current tools and technologies that could be utilised to successfully implement Research Data Management (RDM) services, providing a comprehensive description of RDM as a service. The article shows that 90% of libraries are going to convert from a manual traditional management system to automation. This automation is now moving toward AI technology; this chain development enhances the robotic technology to involve robotics-integrated blockchain technology in library administration.
Keywords: Data transformation, Database, data archiving, data preservation, data reuse., data storage, ready reference services, repository, research data management, vision
Building Institutional Repository: Knowledge Management, Content, Understanding of Key Issues and the Librarians Role (Published)
Institutional Repositories (IRs) are increasingly becoming crucial library resources, and more use of digitized material is fundamental in building sustainable IRs. With a series of universities and research sites distributed throughout the continent, a lot of researchwhich requires preservation is obviously carried out in the institutions. However, a majority of the research generated from these institutions ends up in various libraries which are hardly accessed by learners. As such, many African scholars rely greatly on information from developed nations and reduce Africa to just a consumer of information, rather than a source, hence building an accessible IR allows the display of the works of scholars to the broader community and considerably assists in the advancement of an institution and its outreach. The successful establishment of an institutional repository needs careful arrangements and enthusiasm from the entire institutional community such as students, faculty members and academic staff. Critical decisions have to be made before making any designs and redesigns on IRs such as the funds, staff, technology, metadata, content, building operations and successful management and running of the IRs. This paper explores knowledge management in terms of software and the evolution of how knowledge is managed, the inclusion process of content through structured content organization and modular content publishing, issues of IRs in Nigerian Universities, and the roles of the librarian in building institutional repositories.
Keywords: Academic, Digital, Institution, Nigeria, librarian, repository