SPECIAL TOPIC: Scientific Innovation and Knowledge Transformation from the Perspective of New Quality Productive Forces

Library Virtual Intelligent Agents in the Metaverse: Functions, Risks, and Countermeasures

  • Wu Wenxiu ,
  • Xu Shihe ,
  • Ma Mingdi
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  • 1 Heilongjiang University Library, Harbin 150080;
    2 Graduate School, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080;
    3 School of Public Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130

Received date: 2025-02-25

  Revised date: 2025-07-05

  Online published: 2025-12-05

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This work is supported by the National Social Science Fund of China project titled “Research on the Risk Governance Path of Intelligence Analysis Algorithms in the Digital and Intelligent Environment” (Grant No. 22BTQ064).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] In the context of the metaverse, libraries are undergoing a transformation from traditional physical spaces to virtual intelligent spaces. The application of virtual intelligent agents has gradually become a core support role in library knowledge services. However, while empowering library functions, it also poses dual-edged challenges, necessitating an exploration of its security risks. [Method/Process] This study first clarified the concept of virtual intelligent agents, then examined their functional roles within metaverse-based libraries and the associated security challenges they faced. Building on this analysis, the paper proposed strategies for mitigating these risks. [Result/Conclusion] Five key security risks, namely, technology vulnerability, virtual real interface attack risk, multimodal data privacy aggregation risk, cultural adaptation algorithm bias risk, decentralized network new attack paradigm risk, and virtual real identity trust chain rupture risk, are analyzed. In view of the security risk of virtual intelligent agents, countermeasures are proposed based on collaborative governance theory, in order to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for the safe development of libraries in the future metaverse situation.

Cite this article

Wu Wenxiu , Xu Shihe , Ma Mingdi . Library Virtual Intelligent Agents in the Metaverse: Functions, Risks, and Countermeasures[J]. Library and Information Service, 2025 , 69(24) : 107 -116 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2025.24.008

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