This study looks closely at how 27 academic libraries are using ChatGPT, Bard and AI-enabled Bing, as well as other AI applications, in library acquisitions and licensing.
The study gives precise data on the extent of use of each applications, the amount of time librarians are spending on each, and pinpoints exactly what they are using it for. The report presents data on use for various facet of contract research and development, for data analysis, and for predicting library patron materials demand and preferences, among other uses. Survey respondents also discuss the impact of AI on their personal productivity, their current uses of the technology, and future plans.
Just a few of this report’s many findings are that:
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Approximately 27% of librarians at research universities in the sample used AI-enabled Bing in their acquisitions and licensing work.
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3.7% of the librarians sampled used AI applications for customized content or materials recommendations.
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Acquisitions and licensing librarians at colleges and universities with more than 31,000 students were spending 2% of their total work time using AI applications.
Data in the report is broken out by numerous personal and institutional variables to enable better benchmarking.