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Opinion

Memory Without Origin: When AI Has the Answer but Not the Source

AI can help more people discover university collections. But problems arise if users cannot trace even a correct answer back to the underlying evidence.

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Opinion

What Librarians Can—and Can’t—Say About AI

Faculty can often set their own course policies and talk about AI the way they want. Librarians may not have that kind of freedom.

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Opinion

Why Do We Keep Debating the M.L.S.?

Here’s why librarians can’t resolve our recurrent arguments about the import of the field’s professional degree.

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Opinion

AI Slop Coming to a Library Near You

Librarians must hold the gates against machine-generated titles.

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Opinion

The Case for a Professional Foundation in Librarianship

We should resist calls for credential erosion. If anything, the need for a foundational M.L.S. has only grown in this era of information abundance.

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Opinion

6 Reasons Libraries Should Look Beyond the M.L.S.

New research bolsters the growing case for alternative credentialing in academic libraries.

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Free Photo Library Aims to Capture Authenticity of Higher Ed

The database includes nearly 1,000 photos from HBCUs, community colleges and other types of institutions. Advocates hope it will help change perceptions about what higher ed looks like and whom it’s for.

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How One College Library Plans to Cut Through the AI Hype

As higher ed institutions embrace generative artificial intelligence tools, Stony Brook University’s library is spearheading efforts to help students and faculty learn how to use them in an ethical, responsible way.