Journal article
Generative AI Use at the iSchools: An Analysis of Policies
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, v 62(1), pp 1056-1062
Oct 2025
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The debut of Generative AI (GAI) tools in late 2022 profoundly unsettled higher education institutions (HEIs), including the iSchools. This exploratory study is the first to scrutinize the 130 iSchools' GAI engagement. Consulting each iSchool's website, we conducted a qualitative content analysis of their GAI policies. Eighty‐seven (66.9%) have public‐facing GAI policies; the other third do not. We teased out seven themes in these 87 iSchools' policies: the ecology of GAI, opportunities and affordances, risk and concerns, conditions of use, best practices, compliance measures, and aspirations. We urge the iSchools to develop and implement a policy predicated on human‐centered GAI literacy. This research ultimately represents both a call for self‐reflexivity and a call to action.
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- Title
- Generative AI Use at the iSchools: An Analysis of Policies
- Creators
- Alex H. Poole - Drexel UniversityAbass Ahmed - Drexel UniversityHelena Mentis - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, v 62(1), pp 1056-1062
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105019374435
- Other Identifier
- 991022123296104721