Generative AI is transforming the library profession, unlocking new opportunities for accessibility, content creation, and operational efficiency. Yet, this technological shift also introduces complex ethical challenges that resist simple solutions. Intellectual property disputes, the environmental toll of AI, transparency, and equity concerns require librarians to move beyond instinctive reactions and engage with these issues using a more thoughtful, structured approach.

This presentation focuses on equipping librarians with practical tools to assess their own and their library’s use of AI through established ethical frameworks. By exploring deontological ethics (rights and duties), consequentialism (weighing outcomes), and virtue ethics (fostering integrity), participants will learn to apply these frameworks to real-world scenarios in library settings.

Learning Objectives
– Use ethical frameworks to evaluate their own and their library’s AI practices.
– Advocate for fair, transparent, and sustainable AI adoption.
– Balance innovation with integrity while upholding core library values.

You will have the opportunity to submit a question to the presenter during registration.

Dr. Leo S. Lo (he/him) is Dean and Professor of the College of University Libraries and Learning Services (CULLS) at the University of New Mexico. He is also 2024-2025 President of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).

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