Hi all,
In case you missed today's ALA Core Interest Group Week session for the AI/ML in libraries group (that's us!), I wanted to share the slide deck I used. I built it out through Mentimeter, and we used how folks answered the different prompts on the slides to help guide the conversation -- which was great! So, see the slides attached to this post. Here are some highlights.
Of the 116 people who participated:
- 68.9% represented academic institutions, 10.3% were from public libraries, 9.5% were from state and federal libraries
- When asked about whether or not their workplace has policies or guidance re: AI use in their workplace, 71.6% replied "no(t) yet" or "I don't know" -- but the remainder said yes, either at the institution or library level.
- There are more people than not who have colleagues or patrons who are already using AI in their workplace, including 28 respondents themselves
- When asked how much they agree or disagree with statements about whether they work with someone who can answer a variety of questions about AI, the sentiment was negative-neutral. Only 6.7% of respondents agreed or strongly agreedthat "it's me, hi, I'm the person it's me" (although unclear how many caught that that was a taylor swift reference -- more research needed)
There were also quite a few questions that came up that we didn't get a chance to answer in depth -- so look for those questions (or variants of them) getting shared as their own discussions in the coming weeks!
Overall, it was a great session -- thank you to everyone who was able to make it, and to ALA Core staff for making it happen!
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Peter Musser
Co-chair, ALA Core IG for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Libraries
Head, Library Services
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