Hi Everyone, Our University's OIT (Office of Information Technology) guides AI usage for the university. The localized development of AI tools at our university is evolving quickly, as are the procedures/processes for evaluating AI tools. Here is our OIT department's public-facing page for AI for reference, Gen AI - OIT | UT Dallas<https://oit.utdallas.edu/about/gen-ai/>. Hopefully, it can provide some help. We typically follow the framework of the university. I have, however, been attempting to include AI licensing language in library subscriptions. In case of interest, the following open-access ebook was recently published and includes some much needed guidance for those unfamiliar with AI and/or TDM (Text and Data Mining) licensing clause terminology. Hopefully others gain some use out of this helpful resource. E-Resource Licensing Explained – Simple Book Publishing<https://berkeley.pressbooks.pub/eresourcelicensingexplained/>. Davin Pate, M.L.S. Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections Interim Chair Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group(ELUNA) (972) 883-2908 |davin.pate@utdallas.edu<mailto:|davin.pate@utdallas.edu> http://www.utdallas.edu/library/ The University of Texas at Dallas [cid:image001.png@01DBA881.7D24C190]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d@...> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d@...> From: Cari Merkley <cmerkley@mtroyal.ca> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 11:39 AM To: ai-sig@exlibrisusers.org Subject: [Ai-sig] Communicating process of decision making around enabling AI tools to your community Hi folks Does anyone have public facing communications you would be willing to share around how your library is making its decisions around whether or not to enable AI powered tools in library resources (like the Primo and Ebook Central Research Assistants)? In addition, on our campus, individual faculty can make the decision as to whether or not their students are allowed to use AI tools in their coursework. If you have a similar situation on your campus, what type of communication strategies have you used to help students navigate this with your library resources. For example, I wondered about adding notes in A to Z list entries if there are any AI powered features on a database. Thanks Cari -- Cari Merkley Pronouns: She/Her Associate Dean, Collections Subject liaison for Nursing/Midwifery, Philosophy and Religious Studies Mount Royal University Library 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW Calgary, Alberta T3E 6K6 Phone: 403.440.5068
