Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship

Courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Librarianship in ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information (MLIS) degrees are rare. We have all been surprised by ChatGPT and similar Large Language Models. Generative AI is an important new area for librarianship. It is also developing so rapidly...

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Main Author: Frické, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson, Arizona SoftOption 2023.
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 0: Some Theoretical Background to Librarianship
  • Chapter 1: Intellectual Background
  • Chapter 2: Chatbots
  • Chapter 3: Language Models
  • Chapter 4: Large Language Models
  • Chapter 5: Bias
  • Chapter 6: Bias in Machine Learning and Librarianship
  • Chapter 7: What Might Natural Language Processing (NLP) Bring to Librarianship?
  • Chapter 8: What are the Opportunities for Librarians?
  • Chapter 9: Librarians as Synergists
  • Chapter 10: Librarians as Sentries
  • Chapter 11: Librarians as Educators
  • Chapter 12: Librarians as Managers
  • Chapter 13: Librarians as Astronauts
  • Appendix A: Working With LLMs
  • Appendix B: Two Important Methodological Points
  • Appendix C: Causal Diagrams
  • Bibliography