Abstract：The intelligent libraryThought leadersviews on the likely impact of artificial intelligence on academic libraries PurposeThe last few years have seen a surge of interest in artificial intelligenceAIThe purpose of this paper is to capture a snapshot of perceptions of the potential impact of AI on academic libraries and to reflect on its implications for library workDesignmethodologyapproachThe data for the study were interviews with 33 library directorslibrary commentators and experts in education and publishingFindingsInterviewees identified impacts of AI on search and resource discoveryon scholarly publishing and on learningChallenges included libraries being left outside the focus of developmentethical concernsintelligibility of decisions and data qualitySome threat to jobs was perceivedA number of potential roles for academic libraries were identified such as data acquisition and curationAI tool acquisition and infrastructure buildingaiding user navigation and data literacyOriginalityvalueThis is one of the first papers to examine current expectations around the impact of AI on academic librariesThe authors propose the paradigm of the intelligent library to capture the potential impact of AI for libraries Retrieval and IndexingAIs impact on search and resource discoveryCollection classificationAI can help academic publishingLibrary AutomationData acquisition and planning mentioned by the articleAI tool acquisition and infrastructure constructionConsulting ServiceHelp users navigate and data literacyThis study discusses the potential impact of AI on academic librariesSpecificallythe respondent determined the impact of AI in search and resource discoveryacademic publishing and learningThe mentioned AI applications and challenges may involve a variety of AI technologiesbut this article does not clearly indicate specific AI technology or methods