"AI Developments and Resources for Library Staff" by Lori Looney is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.
"Students have been early adopters of AI for writing, summarizing sources, and creating images. In an industry report during fall 2023, Tyton Partners (2023) revealed that almost half of higher education students use AI while approximately 22% of faculty use the technology. This number will increase quickly as tools become more available. AI blurs the line between technology and a student’s own work, which has academic integrity ramifications. Faculty are reconfiguring course policies and assessments, but they need support as the technology evolves. Instruction and reference librarians, with information literacy and behavior expertise, have an opportunity to guide university communities through ethical adoption of AI tools.
Lo (2024), however, found academic library staff had a moderate level of understanding of AI with a majority never using AI tools or using them less than once a month. Library professionals have concerns about AI including but not limited to ethics, privacy, and training. At the same time faculty and students recognize that learning to use this technology will be important as students join the workforce, but they will need support in AI literacy and educational practices (Tyton Partners 2023)."
From Tips and Trends.
Lo, Leo S., 2024. “Evaluating AI Literacy in Academic Libraries: A Survey Study with a Focus on U.S. Employees.” Preprint, accessed March 20, 2024. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ulls_fsp/203.
Martin, Justine and Armstrong, Matt, Tips and Trends: AI Developments and Resources for Academic Librarians, (April 12, 2024).
Tyton Partners. 2023. “Generative AI in Higher Education: Fall 2023 Update of Time For Class Study.” https://tytonpartners.com/app/uploads/2023/10/GenAI-IN-HIGHER-EDUCATION-FALL-2023-UPDATE-TIME-FOR-CLASS-STUDY.pdf.