Thursday, April 11, 2024

Call for Chapters: The AI and Library Instruction Cookbook (ACRL)

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is accepting “recipe” (chapter) proposals on instructional activities for teaching about and with artificial intelligence (AI) for The AI and Library Instruction Cookbook, edited by Ellen Hampton Filgo and Amy James.

Proposals are due by Friday, May 31, 2024.

We are seeking 500- to- 700-word proposals for “recipes” or chapters on practice-based examples of lesson plans or activities for teaching about and with artificial intelligence (AI) in academic libraries. Recipes will generally follow the ACRL Cookbook Format. Your proposal can be related to these three key areas:

  • Lesson planning with AI

This section includes recipes for how to use AI to help plan lessons for library instruction.

Topic ideas could include:

    • Creating learning objectives
    • Assessments
    • Active Learning
  • Teaching about AI

This section includes recipes for how to teach about AI.

Topic ideas could include:

    • AI Basics
    • Algorithmic literacy
    • AI Ethics
    • Data privacy and security
    • AI and Plagiarism
    • AI and Copyright
    • AI and Citation
    • AI and Misinformation
    • AI and the Environment
    • Teaching to/with Campus Stakeholders
  • Teaching with AI

This section includes recipes for teaching with AI.

Topic ideas could include:

    • AI in the Disciplines (STEM, Humanities, etc.)
    • AI in the Research Writing Classroom
    • AI for Evidence Synthesis
    • Teaching Prompt Engineering
    • Teaching with AI Image Generators


Submit your proposals via this form: http://tiny.cc/ailibinstruction

Send any questions to editors Ellen and Amy at ai.libraryinstruction.cookbook@gmail.com

Have an innovative idea but aren’t sure which section it might fit into?  Contact us! 

 

Deadline for Contributor’s Proposals:  Friday, May 31, 2024

Editor Review and Notification of Acceptance: Monday, July 1, 2024

 

Co-editors: 

  • Ellen Hampton Filgo, Director of the Liaison Program, Baylor University Libraries
  • Amy James, Online Librarian for Education and Information Literacy, Baylor University Libraries