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Attitudes toward AI: Through the librarian's lens

The AI landscape continues to evolve rapidly, and the range of potential applications for librarians and others in academia is still growing. Read on for a glimpse at how librarians around the world are thinking about AI's potential, and its risks.

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About the Attitudes toward AI report

Between December 2023 and February 2024, independent market research firm Ipsos conducted interviews with more than 3,000 people globally working in academia and healthcare. The findings for librarians begin here:

  • 41% of librarians surveyed have used AI tools

  • 78% of those surveyed who have not used AI expect to do so in the next 2-5 years

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AI's potential

Of the 35% of librarians surveyed who are are generally positive about AI, they believe it will help ...

  • 94% accelerate knowledge discovery

  • 93% increase the volume of research

  • 89% provide cost-savings to institutions

  • 83% improve their work quality

  • 78% have a transformative impact on their work

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Concerns about AI

The greatest concerns among librarians surveyed about AI are ...:

  • 92% will be used for misinformation

  • 88% ethical considerations

  • 84% will erode critical thinking

  • 84% could cause critical errors or mishaps

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Attitudes toward AI focused analyses

Learn how researchers, clinicians, academic leaders and librarians around the world view AI in in the full report, Insights 2024: Attitudes toward AI.

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