Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-12-2025

Publication Title

Journal of New Librarianship

DOI

10.33011/newlibs/19/9

Abstract

Building on information evaluation mnemonics like the CRAAP Test, SIFT, and ACT UP, among others, the authors propose the ZODIAC of information evaluation for an AI-dominated information environment: Zooming in, Other opinions, Dataset, Intent, Authenticity, and Consistency. Each letter introduces students to considerations unique to the critical thinking considerations of AI-generated information, such as datasets and their large language models, evaluating the purpose of a given generative AI, and questioning the authenticity and consistency of generative AI output. Additionally, as an introductory framework geared toward first-year students, the ZODIAC evaluation method does not fully address all aspects of information literacy; social and environmental aspects of AI literacy are noticeably absent. Accordingly, the authors address social and environmental considerations in the discussion, which serves to inspire other information and AI literacy professionals to build a more holistic framework of evaluating AI-generated information.

Comments

Georgia Southern University faculty members, Kevin Reagan, Kay Coates, and Jessica Swaringen co-authored "Your Information ZODIAC: An Information Evaluation Framework for the Age of AI."

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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