<b>Acessibilidade e inclusão digital em bibliotecas acadêmicas</b>

Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a strategic tool in the transformation of library services, especially about promoting digital accessibility in academic libraries. Despite its inclusive potential, structural, ethical and training challenges remain that compromise its full effectiveness. Objective: This article critically analyzes the role of AI in promoting informational accessibility in academic libraries, in the light of a systematic review of recent scientific literature. Metthodology: The research was based on a systematic literature review, with a careful selection of 31 international studies between 2006 and 2025. The analysis favored articles that address the intersection between AI, accessibility, ethics and institutional practices in higher education libraries. Results: The results show significant technological advances, including solutions based on automatic reading, intelligent assistants and inclusive interfaces. However, they also reveal a deficit in the digital literacy of professionals, a lack of clear regulations and the exclusion of users with disabilities in technological design processes. Conclusion: It is concluded that the use of AI in academic libraries must go beyond technological innovation, requiring a critical and participatory approach, anchored in institutional inclusion policies, specialized training and ethical regulation. Only with this alignment will it be possible to transform to truly shape libraries into accessible, equitable and human-centered spaces.

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RDBCI Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação
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2025-10-07
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https://doi.org/10.20396/rdbci.v24i00.8679700
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Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
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Acessibilidade e inclusão digital em bibliotecas acadêmicas

Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita, Nuno Miguel Teixeira Sousa
RDBCI Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação
Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
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Acessibilidade e inclusão digital em bibliotecas acadêmicas

Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita, Nuno Miguel Teixeira Sousa
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Abstract

Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a strategic tool in the transformation of library services, especially about promoting digital accessibility in academic libraries. Despite its inclusive potential, structural, ethical and training challenges remain that compromise its full effectiveness. Objective: This article critically analyzes the role of AI in promoting informational accessibility in academic libraries, in the light of a systematic review of recent scientific literature. Metthodology: The research was based on a systematic literature review, with a careful selection of 31 international studies between 2006 and 2025. The analysis favored articles that address the intersection between AI, accessibility, ethics and institutional practices in higher education libraries. Results: The results show significant technological advances, including solutions based on automatic reading, intelligent assistants and inclusive interfaces. However, they also reveal a deficit in the digital literacy of professionals, a lack of clear regulations and the exclusion of users with disabilities in technological design processes. Conclusion: It is concluded that the use of AI in academic libraries must go beyond technological innovation, requiring a critical and participatory approach, anchored in institutional inclusion policies, specialized training and ethical regulation. Only with this alignment will it be possible to transform to truly shape libraries into accessible, equitable and human-centered spaces.

RDBCI Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da InformaçãoVol. 24
University of Lisbon (PT), Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
Openalex Percentile: Top 41%
Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
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