مجلة الحكمة للدراسات الفلسفية
Volume 14, Numéro 2, Pages 830-842
2026-06-01

The Ethical Issues Associated With Using Ai ‎technologies In Libraries

Authors : Radjai Smail . Sridi Abdelhamid .

Abstract

This study aims at uncovering the ethical challenges related to the ‎employment of Artificial Intelligence in libraries by analyzing its ‎implications on information services and beneficiaries. AI has become a key ‎tool in developing library work by means of multiple applications that have ‎improved service quality and facilitated information sources access.‎Despite AI’smajor benefits in libraries, its use ‎raises critical ethical challenges: algorithmic transparency, intellectual ‎property, data protection and the impact on users’ trust. The study adopted ‎the analytical descriptive methodology to review literature and analyze these ‎issues. It found that AI is a real ‎opportunity to develop library services and enhance their efficiency. ‎Nevertheless, its intensive employment has resulted ethical challenges ‎impacting trust in libraries.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, Libraries, Ethics, Privacy, Transparency.‎