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  • 1.  Questions on how recent LIS graduates are using AI

    Posted Apr 23, 2025 10:22 AM

    Hello all,

    I have been accepted to a summer course on  our campus called AI Retrofit. Our first task in the course is to find out how recent graduates in our field are using AI. If you know of any recent graduates or you are one yourself (recent within the last 2 years), please consider answering the following questions or contact me directly for more information about why I'm collecting this information. Here are the questions:

      1. How is AI being used in academic libraries/by academic librarians right now?
      2. What do people think might change with AI in academic libraries during the next few years?
      3. What has changed about what we need to prepare students for? Are there things that used to matter, but now they don't? Are there new things that matter?

    Thanks for your help.

    Contact me at mmussuto@csuchico.edu



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    Michelle Mussuto
    Librarian, Agriculture, Natural Sciences, and Sustainability
    California State University, Chico
    She/Hers
    mmussuto@csuchico.edu
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  • 2.  RE: Questions on how recent LIS graduates are using AI

    Posted Apr 24, 2025 08:38 AM

    Hi Michelle,

     

    What a cool summer course! It sounds quite interesting.

     

    I am a few years out of your desired experience range, but I graduated with my MLIS & MALLT in May 2020 (and I still feel very much like a newbie!). My colleague Cynthia Soll graduated around the same time. We recently gave a popular presentation at the annual Texas Library Association conference on five specific ways we are using AI every day in our academic library work. Here is a link to a PDF of our slides: Integrating AI into Academic Library Operations.pdf

     

    I can answer questions about the accessible resources and video voiceover use cases. Cynthia (csoll@mclennan.edu) will be happy to answer questions about the faculty and institutional research, inspiration and objectivity, and consistency and control use cases.

     

    Since I'm out of the desired experience range, I'll answer your first question only, as that was the one that grabbed my attention.

     

    Hope this helps!

     

    Rachel

     

    Rachel Kramer, MLIS, MALLT

    Research Librarian, Library Services

    McLennan Community College, LTC 305M

    1400 College Drive | Waco, TX 76710

    (254) 299-8390 | rkramer@mclennan.edu

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  • 3.  RE: Questions on how recent LIS graduates are using AI

    Posted Apr 26, 2025 11:53 AM

    Hi Rachel,

    Thank you for posting these slides! 



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    Eddie Lagos
    Student
    San Jose State University School of Library & Information Science
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