Upskilling Librarians for the Future: Takeaways from Teaching an Online Searching Course in the GenAI Era

Teaching and Learning with AI Conference Session: In the recent discourse on librarians’ support for instruction and research, Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy has emerged as a crucial topic. However, this discourse has overlooked the imperative of equipping current and prospective librarians with the necessary competencies in this burgeoning field. Drawing upon personal experiences as an instructor of a graduate-level course titled “Online Searching,” which imparted advanced search techniques for library databases and explored the applications of Generative AI tools in data and literature retrieval, this presentation will address why search expertise holds paramount importance for academic librarians, now more than ever, in effectively assisting patrons who utilize GenAI in their research endeavors.
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