Generative AI - Information Matters

One of the main challenges which academic librarians face when trying to develop programs and services that support AI literacy is the wide array of stances taken by institutions, and individual faculty members, when it comes to teaching with and about AI tools. These dimensions are not only applicable to students, but also to faculty, who also need help and guidance navigating the new technologies. One aspect which becomes central to this conversation is promoting the ethical use of AI tools in the academic environment. Although the topic has gathered considerable attention in recent conversations, these remain fragmented and divisive.

Interior of Trinity College's Library in Dublin - Gaia globe artwork and the empty shelves

Education Featured

December 19, 2025 Ella Gibson

Library Workers in Times of Hype: AI Edition

Library workers can be AI literacy leaders without using, or encouraging the use of, generative AI tools.

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October 15, 2025 Rachel Williams

Training Librarians for Crisis Communication: Why Virtual Reality Might Be the Answer

When you step into your local public library on a typical afternoon, you might see children and their families gathered for story time, a retiree reading in a corner, or a student hunched over a laptop. But, just as often, librarians encounter a very different scene: a patron in crisis. Public libraries have increasingly become places where people facing houselessness, mental health crises, or other personal struggles turn for help.

Artificial” Intelligence: What are we trying to achieve?

Frontiers

March 27, 2025 Ali Shiri

“Deep Research”: A Research Paradigm Shift

While keeping pace with the new developments in generative AI and LLM reasoning models is in itself a challenge, new ‘deep research’ agents are beginning to surface at a remarkably rapid rate.

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July 9, 2024 Siyao Cheng

Generative AI and Copyright Laws: Bridging the Divide

One of the concerns is that Generative AI’s output in response to user prompts often draws from copyrighted works, eliciting a question nowadays: Can the content created by Generative AI qualify for copyright protection itself? Here, we strive to extend our insights into the question.

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November 9, 2023 Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou

Toward Ethical Use of Generative AI in AP Courses

The emergence of generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) has sparked heated discussions around their ethical usage. The stakes are higher when it comes to the ethical use of generative AI in high schools. High schoolers are the next generation’s decision-makers, and educating them on ethical generative AI use in academia is crucial.

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October 4, 2023 Ali Shiri

Information Integrity, Academic Integrity, and Generative AI

Information science is well-positioned to lead and critically inform the development of theoretical and technological frameworks that support information integrity and academic integrity. If we agree with the argument that generative AI tools and technologies share such high-level facets as people, information, data, technology, and their interaction with information science, then it is our responsibility to embrace the opportunities and address the emerging informational, social, ethical, and cultural challenges.