Generative artificial intelligence in the activities of academic libraries of public universities in Poland

IF 2.5 3区管理学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103043

Grzegorz Gmiterek , Sebastian D. Kotuła

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Abstract

The article presents the results of a study conducted, using both survey and content analysis (of the websites and fan pages) of all the libraries of the public universities in Poland to establish their use of generative artificial intelligence. The general findings showed that not all libraries were active in promoting artificial intelligence solutions. Most (57 %) of the libraries supported the inclusion of GAI in the repertoire of library tools, although only 39.3 % dealt with GAI issues. 46 % actively used them despite 50 % of the libraries creating conditions favorable for the use of GAI. Interestingly, 43 % of libraries indicated that they did not think there was a need to use GAI tools with the main reasons given including a lack of staff competencies and the appropriate regulations in the area. For those libraries using GAI or AI, 47 % of them had information about this published on their home pages and 39 % on their fan pages. The most common information found was about the promotion of AI tools, the resources available in the library, organized events (49,67 % of all information) and documents on the subject (36,77 % of the published information).

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Journal of Academic Librarianship INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

15.40%

发文量

120

审稿时长

29 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Academic Librarianship, an international and refereed journal, publishes articles that focus on problems and issues germane to college and university libraries. JAL provides a forum for authors to present research findings and, where applicable, their practical applications and significance; analyze policies, practices, issues, and trends; speculate about the future of academic librarianship; present analytical bibliographic essays and philosophical treatises. JAL also brings to the attention of its readers information about hundreds of new and recently published books in library and information science, management, scholarly communication, and higher education. JAL, in addition, covers management and discipline-based software and information policy developments.