Toward an AI-Informed Pedagogy for Information Literacy Instruction and the ACRL Framework

This poster addresses strategies to teach AI as part of research. We know that generative artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. Rather than avoid it, or stay mired in tradition, there is an opportunity to teach strategies for using new AI tools. Once upon a time, search engines were new. Librarians were pioneers in refining strategies for using search engines, and now teach use of search engines for everyday tasks and research (for example, see Fonseca, T., & King, M., 2000). Today, librarians are positioned to lead in teaching how to use AI. Specifically, we are gathering examples of exercises which teach how to use AI as part of the research process, with a focus on classroom exercises compatible with library one shot instruction sessions, and we are organizing our classroom exercises around the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy (ACRL, 2016).