Type of Presentation
Poster Session
Conference Strand
Outreach and Partnership
Target Audience
Higher Education
Second Target Audience
K-12
Relevance
With so many questions and little specific GenAI expertise, librarians at UC San Diego saw an opportunity to bring together experts in various disciplines to address the literacy needs of a campus community and fill the gaps where the campus had no official policy or guidance. The online guide on Generative Artificial Intelligence promotes information literacy by offering individuals the resources to learn about how the new technology works and its potential for academic work. Topics presented in the guide about challenges and possibilities, academic integrity, copyright, legal considerations, etc., provide students, faculty, and staff with resources that enable them to effectively evaluate the appropriate use of AI in an academic setting.
Proposal
The potential impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) on the academic community raises numerous questions and answers, many of which have yet to be discovered. As a new and innovative technology, GenAI poses questions about functionality, training data integrity, ethics, intellectual property, and research functionality capabilities. With so many questions and little specific GenAI expertise, librarians at UC San Diego saw an opportunity to bring together experts in various disciplines to address the literacy needs of a campus community and fill the gaps where the campus had no official policy or guidance.
In this poster presentation, you will learn how librarians used teamwork and collaboration within and outside the library to create a centralized repository of GenAI information that has been viewed over 7,500 times since its creation in July 2023. The guide focuses on addressing the many questions the campus community has about GenAI in academic work. We will also share information on how to address academic integrity and support GenAI use without encouraging academic integrity violations. In addition, we also describe how a library-wide community of practice and communication channels aid collaboration and help unite our collective efforts to be a resource for the community. We will also discuss the challenges of keeping resources up to date in an involving information environment.
Short Description
See how librarians used the generative power of teamwork to create a centralized repository of GenAI information to address its use in academic work. The poster will include information on functionality, training data bias, ethics, intellectual property, and research capabilities. Additionally, learn how a community of practice aids collaboration and helps unite our collective efforts to be a resource for the campus community.
Keywords
Generative Artificial Intelligence, GenAI, information literacy, teamwork, collaboration
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Sklar, Annelise; Roth, Amanda; and Tagge, Natalie, "The Generative Power of Teamwork: Using Collaboration to Support GenAI Literacy" (2024). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 15.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2024/2024/15
The Generative Power of Teamwork: Using Collaboration to Support GenAI Literacy
The potential impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) on the academic community raises numerous questions and answers, many of which have yet to be discovered. As a new and innovative technology, GenAI poses questions about functionality, training data integrity, ethics, intellectual property, and research functionality capabilities. With so many questions and little specific GenAI expertise, librarians at UC San Diego saw an opportunity to bring together experts in various disciplines to address the literacy needs of a campus community and fill the gaps where the campus had no official policy or guidance.
In this poster presentation, you will learn how librarians used teamwork and collaboration within and outside the library to create a centralized repository of GenAI information that has been viewed over 7,500 times since its creation in July 2023. The guide focuses on addressing the many questions the campus community has about GenAI in academic work. We will also share information on how to address academic integrity and support GenAI use without encouraging academic integrity violations. In addition, we also describe how a library-wide community of practice and communication channels aid collaboration and help unite our collective efforts to be a resource for the community. We will also discuss the challenges of keeping resources up to date in an involving information environment.
