Survey of US Higher Education Faculty 2024, Use of Academic Library Resources for AI Info Literacy

Survey of US Higher Education Faculty 2024, Use of Academic Library Resources for AI Info Literacy

Perhaps the most common answer was a vent about the abusive nature of AI’s impact on students, particularly regarding the fostering of plagiarism. Indeed, many cited as their most pressing need a guide or program or advice on how to use AI to police the student use of AI. However, many also looked to the library for in-depth workshops, especially on how to use AI prompts more effectively and how other faculty may be using AI in their classes and assignments. Some mentioned the need for better training for students

Increasingly, academic libraries are being called on to provide information about artificial intelligence. This report looks at faculty attendance at academic library seminars and webinars about AI, and at use of other library provided guidance through listservs, websites, blogs and other venues. It also looks at faculty expectations of the role that they expect the library to play in plagiarism detection, the archiving and sharing of effective AI prompts, and the provision of specialized AI laboratories and platforms. The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: what role do faculty expect the library to play in the roll out of AI in higher education? How satisfied are they with the role that the library is currently playing? How do they view the library role vs. that at other academic and administrative departments such as Teaching and Learning? What percentage of faculty have attended a library seminar or webinar about AI? Or researched the issue through a library provided blog or webpage?