<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">This report
looks at how academic library directors and other leading officials are using
and plan to use generative artificial intelligence in their work.  The report looks the impact of AI on library
productivity, and its use in a broad range of library functions, including but
not limited to cataloging, data analysis, marketing, content creation, image
tagging, research support and chatbot development.   The report also presents detailed data on
the extent of use of ChatGPT Gemini, CoPilot, Claude and other
applications.  The study also offers hard
data on the extent of prompt sharing, and the degree to which internet searches
start with an AI application rather than a traditional search engine. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">Just a few
of this 81-page report’s many findings are that:</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">16%
of libraries use AI for personalized recommendations, with higher adoption in
larger institutions. </span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">AI
in Image Management and Digitization: AI adoption for image tagging is at 12%,
and for digitization tasks at 6%.</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Chatbots
and Predictive Maintenance: 16% of libraries use AI chatbots, particularly in
larger institutions, while only 2% use AI for predictive equipment
maintenance.1011</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">32%
of libraries use AI for data analysis, with research universities leading at
40%. AI is also used by 36% of libraries for research support, especially in
larger institutions.1213</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">AI
Budget and Spending: Only 8% of libraries have a specific budget for AI, with
research universities dominating spending. Most institutions allocate minimal
to no official budgetary funding for AI.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">The
librarians surveyed foresee a broad range of impacts but especially in research
and discovery, writing, information literacy and cataloging.  AI is expected to have transformative effects
in research and instruction services. 
Its use as a research tool was by far the most important and broadly
used function to date.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">Data in the
report is reported in the aggregate for the entire sample and broken out by
many institutional criteria such as enrollment size, tuition level, Carnegie
class and other  variables. </span></p>

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