Abstract

Over the years it is seen that advances in information and communication technologies have changed the work of libraries and information centres. Artificial Intelligence (AI) that has emerged as one of the greatest inventions of information & communication technology has given great momentum to library services because it has the potential to revolutionize the libraries and information centres by augmenting standard library operations and services. Due to its advantages, the current trends in library and information centres indicate that libraries are depending more and more on AI to help library workers to carry out their responsibilities. Moreover, a new and advanced version of AI has emerged that is known as Generative AI. This article discusses about the evolution of AI and then focuses on Generative AI and its implications in library and information centres.

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