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Please Share Your Thoughts: How Is AI Changing Your Library Work?

  • 1.  Please Share Your Thoughts: How Is AI Changing Your Library Work?

    Posted 20 days ago
    Dear Colleagues,
    AI is rapidly reshaping library work - not just our tools, but our culture, expectations, and daily professional realities.
    And yet, we still know very little about how library workers themselves are experiencing this shift.

    To help fill this gap, Ava Wallace and I are conducting a national survey on how librarians and library staff are navigating AI learning, upskilling, workplace expectations, and ethical concerns across all types of libraries.

    Ava Wallace and I invite colleagues from every role and background - from deeply engaged AI users to those who prefer not to use AI at all - to share their experiences.

    📌 What the survey explores
    How AI intersects with:

    • Access to professional development
    • Workplace culture and institutional expectations
    • Confidence, agency, and ethical reflection
    • Peer learning, mentorship, and community support
    Your insights will help shape future AI training, ethics-focused professional development, and inclusive, people-centered implementation across the profession.
    ⏱️ Time Commitment: 10–12 minutes
    📅 Open: November 13 – December 19, 2025
    Your voice matters - whether you're excited about AI, cautious about it, overwhelmed by it, or actively avoiding it.

    Every perspective contributes to understanding how libraries can adapt responsibly and equitably in this moment of change.
    👉 Take the survey:
    https://gbcir.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b9IrYQUPodSmFTg
    Thank you for helping us reflect, learn, and build a more human-centered future for AI in libraries.
    Warmly,
    Rusty


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    Russell Michalak
    Director of Library & Archives
    Goldey-Beacom College
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