Guest Post — The Human Layer: Why AI Makes Academic Libraries More Essential, Not Less
The opportunity presented by AI is not to remove the human layer of scholarship. It is to recognize why that layer has always mattered.
Jane Jiang is the Director of Libraries at a community college in New Jersey. She has served in both academic and public libraries for over 25 years. She holds master’s degrees in education and library and information science. In addition to her work in libraries, Ms. Jiang is also a writer, poet, and translator, with several original works and seven published translations.
The opportunity presented by AI is not to remove the human layer of scholarship. It is to recognize why that layer has always mattered.
Today’s guest blogger asks: How much do we read today? How do reading habits vary across generations? What should libraries and publishers do to encourage reading?
Today’s guest post argues that academic libraries are an investment in the very foundation of quality scholarship and responsible publishing.