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Item type:Publication, Harnessing AI and Data in African Libraries for Africa’s for Sustainable Development(2026)This paper explores the critical role African libraries can play in harnessing artificial intelligence and data to advance sustainable development across the continent. Positioned as trusted, equitable community institutions, libraries are uniquely equipped to mediate the adoption of AI technologies in ways that align with public good, ethical standards, and local needs. The analysis moves beyond a narrow focus on generative AI to consider a broader ecosystem, including machine learning for image recognition, big data analytics, and— crucially—AI-powered translation tools. This linguistic dimension is particularly vital in sub-Saharan Africa, where extreme linguistic diversity presents a significant barrier to information access. By leveraging opensource platforms and cloud-based services, libraries can deploy AI to translate and localize content, thereby dramatically widening access to educational, governmental, and cultural resources in local languages. The successful integration of AI depends on African libraries actively building agency and local capacity. This involves engaging in foundational work to develop regionally contextualized large language models, applying retrieval-augmented generation to enrich global models with local knowledge, and utilizing AI for enhanced discovery and classification of cultural heritage materials. While challenges such as funding constraints, data silos, and nascent digitization efforts exist, a pathway forward is demonstrated through emerging initiatives and international collaborations, such as the IFLA symposia held across African universities. Ultimately, by adopting a framework of governance, education, and experimentation, libraries can ensure AI serves as a multiplier for the visibility and accessibility of Africa’s rich research and cultural output, directly contributing to the continent’s inclusive and equitable development. Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Sub-Saharan Africa, Large Language models - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, DSpace 7 Benefits(American Library Association, 2023-09-18)Formanek, MatusThis study discusses the importance of the DSpace open-source software that supports numerous digital libraries and repositories around the world. With the release of DSpace version 7, a natural question that arises is whether the new version offers enough new functionalities to motivate system administrators to upgrade. This paper briefly describes the most important changes, including new features and bug fixes, included in DSpace 7.4 and prior minor versions. The next parts of this paper explore our estimate that there are several thousand DSpace-based systems globally that will likely have to be upgraded in the near future. The main reason for this need is that older versions of DSpace (including 5.x) have reached the end of their developer support period or are reaching it in mid-2023. Based on our own upgrade experience, we propose suggestions and recommendations on migrating from the previous DSpace 6.3-based environment to the new one in a case study that concludes this article. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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Item type:Publication, Computing Arts 2004 - Systematic approaches to long term digital resource management(2004-01-01)Systematic approaches to long term digital resource management113 10 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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Item type:Publication, Health Libraries Inc 2010 - Integrating document delivery and library services using open source systems(2012-03-05); Hyunh, MichaelHealth Libraries Inc 201085 11 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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