Abstract：Perceptions on adopting artificial intelligence and related technologies in librariespublic and academic librarians in North America Abstract PurposeThis study aims to understand how artificial IntelligenceAIand related technologies are currently being utilized in public and academic libraries and how librarians perceive the adoption of new technologies in their relative librariesDesignmethodologyapproachUsing an online survey questionnairethe authors collected survey responses from both public and academic librarians that were subscribed to information science-centered listservs in North AmericaThe quantitative survey responsesN 5 242were measured through use of multiple chi-square tests and crosstab analysesFindingsThe current use and awareness of AI and related technologies were more reported from academic librarianshoweverpublic librariansreported perceptions on such technologies were generally more positiveIn all67of them responded that AI and related technologies will transform the librarys functionsand 68of librarians reported that they are interested in trainingThis study discussed the significance of training for preparing librarians for AI and related technologies and the further examination on the role of librarians in the new eraOriginalityvalueThis study examined public and academic librariansperceptions toward the adoption of six emerging technologies which often appear in the LIS literature as well as addressed as the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologiesAI is applied to multiple parts of the libraryincluding library automationConsulting ServiceCollection ClassificationRetrieval and IndexingInstification Ional Collectionand so onThe focus of this research is to understand how public wisdomAIand related technologies currently uses artificial intelligenceAIand related technologiesas well as how librarys look at their relative libraries to adopt new technologies in their relative librariesThrough the online questionnaire surveythe author collected answers from the public and academic library from the North American Information Science CenterStudies have found that academic libraries have reported more about the current use and understanding of AI and related technologiesbut public librariesviews on these technologies are usually more positive67of respondents believe that AI and related technologies will change the function of the libraryand 68of libraries say they are interested in trainingThis study discusses the importance of preparing AI and related technologies for librariesas well as further inspections of the role of libraries in the new era