Academic libraries in the AI era

Seizing opportunities
Unlock efficiency and impact with innovation
This new whitepaper ‘Seizing opportunities: Academic libraries in the AI era’ shows inspiring, real-world examples of librarians who are working with vendors to ensure new technologies improve workflows, user experiences and library impact on campus.
"We have to remember AI is not a toy and we shouldn't just be using it just to plug stuff in and see what happens. We should be careful to use it for real applications that will have real benefits and not to treat it casually."
Elizabeth York, Electronic Resources Librarian, Rutgers University 
Meet librarians who are keeping innovation grounded in real library needs:

  • Elizabeth York, Electronic Resources & Interim Discovery Librarian at Rutgers University, who put AI-assisted cataloging to the test by using books she personally read. Additionally, she helped define how AI-enhanced records should be marked for transparency, a critical element in maintaining academic integrity.
  • Mingyan Li, MetaData librarian from the University of Illinois Chicago who pushed for field-level control after discovering that AI-generated metadata sometimes exceeded what was needed. Her feedback led to smarter, more customizable configuration that allows catalogers to request for specific metadata to be generated.

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