Information literacy programs in libraries and their importance in developing digital information awareness trends for societies in the era of artificial intelligence and its challenges: public libraries in the United Arab Emirates as an example

Abstract

The current study comes within its theoretical framework to explain the nature of information culture, the international and Arab programs that represent it, and its importance in developing the knowledge society and enhancing its ability to create, innovate and make optimal use of the technological developments of the era. The study then introduces the technological developments of the era, the most prominent of which are artificial intelligence techniques and tools, and an explanation of The extent of the spread of the use of these tools among knowledge societies, and controlling the positive repercussions of this spread in order to generalize them, and the negative repercussions in order to avoid them, while preserving human creativity and thinking while dealing with these tools, through [identifying with artificial intelligence tools, their uses, and classifications - getting to know On what is behind the tool, and the nature of its work: inputs, processes, outputs], while establishing controls and guidelines for the safe use of tools on various aspects: intellectual, scientific, social, and security, in an era in which the pace of technical changes and developments has accelerated, and thus the nature of the needs and requirements that Knowledge societies needs.

The study then addresses, within its practical framework, a field survey of public libraries in the United Arab Emirates, considering that this sector of libraries is the sector that addresses the general segment of society in all its aspects, with the aim of identifying the extent to which these libraries support the provision of programs to develop the levels of information literacy in their societies, in order to Controlling and strengthening the strengths, or identifying the weak points and addressing them, using the field study approach, and using the following data collection tools: observation, scientific questionnaire.

The study then ends with a proposal for an integrated training program for information literacy based on international standards, and taking into account the technical requirements of the era in our Arab world. It can be adopted at the level of all sectors of libraries and information institutions according to their levels and the nature of the society to which it is served, in order to form and build a contemporary generation capable of dealing with the technological developments of the era and its tools in a correct, intelligent, and conscious manner, thus benefiting its society and contributing to its development in a modern manner.