What Libraries Bring to AI-Based Research Capability

Dr Andrew Cox, Information School, University of Sheffield

Libraries should be important actors in how AI spreads into research practice. They hold data. Librarians have important data skills and practices that can support data driven AI. Libraries are natural locus for support to multidisciplinary research communities. They hold relevant expertise in copyright. Their values and ethics stress explainability and AI literacy, and relevant principles such as unbiased access to knowledge. The paper discusses the drivers and challenges for libraries taking on a pivotal role in supporting AI-based research. 

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