As generative AI tools continue to reshape education and information-seeking behaviors, librarians have an important role in helping students and library patrons develop essential AI literacy skills. Explore practical strategies for planning and designing library instruction focused on generative AI and AI literacy. Topics include the pillars of AI literacy, selecting meaningful learning outcomes, incorporating active learning techniques, conducting librarian self-audits, and developing sustainable assessment methods. Library professionals at any type of institution, regardless of their level of AI expertise, can apply these approaches to create student- and patron-centered AI literacy instruction programs.
Scheduled Dates
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November 12, 2026, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Registation closes Nov 9, 2026 8:30am CT |
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Instructor(s)
Taylor Xiao is an Instruction and Assessment Librarian from the Mary & John Gray Library at Lamar State University in Beaumont, TX. She received her MLIS in 2021 from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Her work providing instruction services includes conducting library one-shot sessions (both in-person and online) for courses across campus and in the summers she teaches a one-credit hour information literacy course, where she first received the opportunity to experiment with instructional design on topics of AI and ChatGPT.