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ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence

This guide accompanies MLS continuing education opportunities about generative artificial intelligence.

Since ChatGPT debuted in November 2022, much has been written about how generative AI might change higher education.

We've curated resources for academic librarians, faculty, and administrators to get started with thinking, talking about, and incorporating the technology:

AI-U/v1.0: A Student Guide to Navigating College in the Artificial Intelligence Era (AAC&U)
AI Challenges to Information Literacy (William Badke)
AI for Faculty (UNMC LibGuide)
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology)
Handout summarizing the core messages of the Department of Education AI report: https://www2.ed.gov/documents/ai-report/ai-report-core-messages.pdf
Artificial Intelligence for Literature Reviews: Opportunities and Challenges (arXiv)
Artificial Intelligence, Real Anxiety (Education Next)
ChatGPT Advice Academics Can Use Now (Inside Higher Ed)
ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education (UNESCO)
ChatGPT as a Tool for Library Research – Some Notes and Suggestions (Choice)
ChatGPT conundrums: Probing plagiarism and parroting problems in higher education practices (College & Research Libraries)
ChatGPT has entered the classroom: how LLMs could transform education (Nature)
ChatGPT: Implications for Academic Libraries (College & Research Libraries News ACRL TechConnect)
ChatGPT's Impact on Higher Education: Resources: Discussion in the Higher-Ed Community (SFCC LibGuide)
Chatting and cheating: Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPT (Innovations in Education and Teaching International)
Classroom Policies for AI Generative Tools (Compiled by Lance Eaton, College Unbound)
Critical Thinking and Ethics in the Age of Generative AI in Education (USC Center for Generative AI and Society Report)
Designing Assignments in the ChatGPT Era (Inside Higher Ed)
Ethical College Admissions: ‘I Am Not a Robot’ (Inside Higher Ed)
The Evolution of Library Workplaces and Workflows via Generative AI (College & Research Libraries)
Evolving AI Strategies in Libraries: Insights from Two Polls of ARL Member Representatives over Nine Months
Exploring the Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education Students’ Utilization of Library Resources (Information Technology and Libraries)
Here Comes the Second Year of AI College (The Atlantic via the Wayback Machine)
How does generative artificial intelligence impact student creativity? (Journal of Creativity)
How educators are using AI in the classroom (The Hechinger Report)
How to use ChatGPT to help close the awarding gap (Times Higher Education)
How Well Does ChatGPT Handle Reference Inquiries? An Analysis Based on Question Types and Question Complexities (College & Research Libraries)
Implementing a Chatbot on a Library Website (Journal of Web Librarianship)
Is this citation real? How to verify A.I. generated citations (Smith College Libraries YouTube Video)
It Takes a Village: A Distributed Training Model for AI-based Chatbots
An initial interpretation of the U.S. Department of Education's AI report: Implications and recommendations for academic libraries (Journal of Academic LIbrarianship)
New AI Guidelines Aim to Help Research Libraries (Inside HigherEd reporting on ARL report)
OpenAI Educator FAQ
Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence (ARL)
Syllabus Resources (The Sentient Syllabus Project)
Teaching with AI (OpenAI)
Transforming academic librarianship through AI reskilling: Insights from the GPT-4 exploration program (Leo S. Lo)
Update Your Course Syllabus for ChatGPT (Medium post by Ryan Watkins)
Using ChatGPT-generated essays in library instruction (Journal of Academic Librarianship)
War of the chatbots: Bard, Bing Chat, ChatGPT, Ernie and beyond. The new AI gold rush and its impact on higher education (Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching)
Where does ChatGPT fit into the Framework for Information Literacy? (College & Research Libraries News)