JEDDAH: The 28th annual conference of the Special Libraries Association (Arabian Gulf Chapter) starts on Tuesday in Jeddah and runs until Sept. 18.
The event, organized with the Ministry of Culture’s Libraries Commission, focuses on the “sustainability of knowledge and preservation of culture.”
This includes “managing rare documents, manuscripts, and heritage materials in the era of emerging technologies and AI.”
The conference will bring together international and regional experts in library and information sciences, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
More than 70 papers will be presented, highlighting applications of artificial intelligence and new technologies in heritage preservation and knowledge management.
