The Rise of AI:: Implications and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Libraries (Volume 78)

by Sandy Hervieux (Editor), Amanda Wheatley (Editor)

Librarians are uniquely positioned to rise to the challenge that artificial intelligence (AI) presents to the field. Libraries and their like have existed for millennia; they progress with society, altering and adapting their services to meet the information needs of their communities.
 
The Rise of AI collects projects, collaborations, and future uses from academic librarians who have begun to embrace AI in their work. In three parts—User Services, Collections and Discovery, and Toward Future Applications—it  
The Rise of AI introduces implications and applications of artificial intelligence in academic libraries and hopes to provoke conversations and inspire new ways of engaging with the technology. As the discussion surrounding ethics, bias, and privacy in AI continues to grow, librarians will be called to make informed decisions and position themselves as leaders in this discourse.
 

220 pages, Paperback

Published May 2, 2022

Reviews

[Dasha · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's concerning see the rise of GenAI and as much as I appreciate a lot of the insights in this book, I fear that it takes the position of "it's coming let's make the best of it" rather than taking a more critical approach to the harms of GenAI.

[Bridget Kennedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

With the disclaimer that I didn't read every chapter (not all of them applied to something I would be working with), I went in hesitant, but was surprised at how much I enjoyed learning from the first half of the book! Still exhausted by trying to keep up with AI, but this was a great place to start!

[Emma Ghiz]

Read for my library internship. Very interesting.