Empirical investigation of factors influencing willingness to use intelligent library chatbots: The role of algorithm literacy

The formal questionnaire was distributed online, resulting in 262 responses. After excluding inva-lid responses, there were 239 valid samples.Most participants are aged between 18 and 32, with a majority holding undergraduate or master's degrees. The highest proportion are university students, reflecting the characteristics of the library reader group with a predominance of young and student readers who have high demands on li-braries. The sample also includes professionals working with algorithms, ensuring high represent-ativeness.