Cox, Andrew M.Wang, XuemaoMercer, KateWeaver, Kari D.Mehlenbacher, Ashley RoseVirdi, MakhanAli, Muhammad YousufRichardson, JoannaBui, Thuy ThanhDo, Son HongDinh, Ly DieuHossain, ZakirBiswas, Md SakibKhan, Nadim AkhtarKhan, GhalibMartínez-Camacho, HumbertoSaavedra-Alamillas, CésarPacheco-Mendoza, JosmelMachin-Mastromatteo, Juan D.Molaudzi, Amogelang IsaacNgulube, PatrickHamad, FatenShehata, AhmedBuitrago-Ciro, JairoSamokishyn, MartaMoylan, RachelHernández Pérez, JonathanBakare-Fatungase, OluwabunmiFirdawsi, CarmelTella, AdeyinkaJatto, Esther OluwayemiAjani, Yusuf AyodejiWilson, Thomas D.Antunes Nogueira, LeticiaThordarson Moltubakk, StineFagervik, AndreasLangfeldt, Inga BusetSimmons, ZalayaBruce, CharlotteThomas, SamuelLacey, PatriciaMarsh, WendyRosenberg, ScottDuval, DaphneElsawy, ElsayedElseadawy, YousryAttia, SarahWang, BingZhang, CeciliaKhamoYe, ShuqiRao, NinaO’Riordan, SimonCoulis, JonathanCifuentes-Silva, FranciscoAstudillo, HernánLabra Gayo, Jose EmilioJhan, PJSreekumar, MGKuriakose, RosemaryWitt, Steve W.2025-09-172025-09-172025-10-011745-2651https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/4508This special issue of IFLA Journal (Vol. 51, No. 3) is dedicated to the theme Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Global Librarianship. Bringing together eighteen original contributions from around the world, the issue examines how AI is reshaping library services, information literacy, policy, and professional practice across diverse contexts. Articles range from studies of AI literacy among students in South Asia, Latin America, and China, to explorations of generative AI applications in cataloguing, digital preservation, public health, and indigenous knowledge. The issue also engages with pressing debates about ethics, equity, and the global gaps in AI adoption and governance. Guest editors Andrew M. Cox (University of Sheffield, UK) and Xuemao Wang (Dean of Libraries, Northwestern University, USA) guide this timely collection, framing an emerging research agenda that positions AI as both a challenge and an opportunity for the future of librarianship worldwideenUK: Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, and only as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the Publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency (www.cla.co.uk/). US: Authorization to photocopy journal material may be obtained directly from SAGE Publications or through a licence from the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (www.copyright.com/). Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to SAGE.UK: Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, and only as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the Publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency (www.cla.co.uk/). US: Authorization to photocopy journal material may be obtained directly from SAGE Publications or through a licence from the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (www.copyright.com/). Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to SAGE.IFLA JournalArtificial intelligenceInternational librarianshipLibrariesLibrary servicesInformation literacyFlagship PublicationSAGE