Resources and ideas mentioned in "Generative Artificial Intelligence and Library Instruction," the first conversation in the MLS Community Chat: Teaching in Libraries series (August 8, 2023).
During the Community Chat, attendees representing all library types discussed two broad questions using an asynchronous Padlet and a synchronous discussion on Zoom:
Are you using / do you plan on using generative artificial intelligence tools to help design or implement your library instruction? Which tools, and how are you using them?
Are you teaching / do you plan on teaching about generative artificial intelligence in your library instruction sessions? What are you teaching about generative AI? Are you following a specific curriculum or lesson plan?
Community chat participants' responses to discussion questions about integrating and teaching generative AI in library instruction, as posted in the Padlet.
Community chat participants' responses to discussion questions about integrating and teaching generative AI in library instruction, compiled into a PDF.
Tools, resources, and ideas from the discussion:
Generative AI tools mentioned on the Padlet or in Zoom chat:
Ideas mentioned in the Zoom chat in response to Question 1 ("Are you using / do you plan on using generative artificial intelligence tools to help design or implement your library instruction? Which tools, and how are you using them?"):
"I have used it to help students understand limitations and its possibilities."
"I did a search on Bard, for leveled reader assessment citations and got few citations that I can follow up with to find information about assessment for leveled readers. It is just a search to find more information about it. I can find those articles."
"I have used it for some basic information for our LibGuides text."
"IMO if we use AI for creating content (LibGuides, etc.), we should be transparent about that. It will be educational for our readers as well as ethical to cite the sources."
"We will cite ChatGPT similar to the way we cite Creative Commons."
Ideas mentioned in the Zoom chat in response to Question 2 ("Are you teaching / do you plan on teaching about generative artificial intelligence in your library instruction sessions? What are you teaching about generative AI? Are you following a specific curriculum or lesson plan?"):
"Colleagues and I have worked together regarding the ethics of AI for middle school students. We appreciated this curriculum from MIT."
"We have talked about it and, yes, alternatives to written work have been proposed."
"I think that's a great point! I was talking to someone about certain written assignment formats that are going to be disrupted by AI and they said 'Maybe these weren't great assignments to begin with'"
