At Institutions Like Bryn Mawr College, Libraries Are Emerging as AI Sandboxes

At institutions like Bryn Mawr College, libraries are emerging as AI sandboxes where students and faculty experiment with the tools and learn responsible use. “[Librarians] have been actively collaborating and talking about it almost every day, whether it’s creating tutorials and digital learning objectives or thinking about the conversations to have with instructors,” said Lauren Dodd, Bryn Maw's director of collection management, discovery, and strategic communication.

“It can feel like cognitive dissonance to be actively working with AI on a regular basis and also saying we’re constantly thinking about the harms and the biases,” she added. “I am judicious about my own use of it, but it really has changed the instructional mission of academic librarians.”