The proceedings of the Third International Specialized Conference on Information and Libraries have begun in the holy city of Karbala, in cooperation with the College of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Baghdad, the Cataloguing and Information Systems Center of the Holy Abbasid Shrine, and Al-Ameed University, with the participation of a select group of academics, researchers, and specialists in the fields of information, libraries, and digital technologies.
The Dean of the College of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Baghdad, Prof. Dr. Diaa Jasim Kadhim, stressed in his speech during the opening session the importance of employing artificial intelligence technologies in developing information and library systems, keeping pace with rapid digital transformations, and strengthening integration between academic and research institutions.
The first scientific session of the conference, chaired by Prof. Dr. Diaa Jasim Kadhim, discussed a number of specialized research papers. They addressed the impact of generative artificial intelligence on the future of libraries and information services, the use of artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies in reviving heritage, and the governance of artificial intelligence ethics in Iraq and the regulation of the use of its tools in scientific research.
This activity contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, namely Goal 4, which calls for quality education, in addition to Goal 17, which relates to partnerships for the goals.
