Accelerating Generative AI Integration in Libraries (A New Special Issue of Information Technology and Libraries (Vol. 45 No. 3; 2026)

A new special issue of Information Technology and Libraries is now available online.

This special issue is devoted to “showcasing examples and ideas for integrating GenAI tools into galleries, libraries, archives, and museums generative AI summarize the articles included in it.”

Information Technology and Libraries, Vol. 45 No. 3 (2026):
Accelerating Generative AI Integration in Libraries

Editorial

Accelerating Generative AI Integration in Libraries
Katy Miller (University of Central Florida); Ellen Schmid (16th Judicial Circuit of Illinois)

 

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Prompting Critical Thinkers: Using Library Frameworks to Teach AI Literacy as a Workforce Skill
Anna Clymer (University of Arkansas)

 

Articles

From Show Programs to Linked Data: A Generative AI Workflow for Performing Arts Collections
Clarisse Bardiot (Université Rennes 2); Bernard Jacquemin (École nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques, ENSSIB); Jacob Hart (Université Rennes 2); George Bruseker (Takin Solutions / Swiss Art Research Infrastructure); Antonios Lagarias (Université Rennes 2); Pierre-Carl Langlais (Pleias); Brandon Farnsworth (Université Rennes 2); Jeanne Fras (Université Rennes 2)

 

An AI-enabled Digital Research Assistant for the Legislación Mexicana Corpus
Alberto Martínez (Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de México); Rodrigo Cuellar Hidalgo (Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de México); Javier Cisneros Brito (Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de México)

 

Transparent AI Tools for Libraries: Creating the OneSearch Assistant
Lucy Campbell (San Diego State University); Keven Jeffery (San Diego State University)

 

Project Gutenberg’s Artificial Intelligence Initiatives
Ilana Kingsley (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

 

Exploring AI-assisted Classification for Collection Analysis
Jennifer Moon-Chung (University of Pittsburgh Library System); Berenika M. Webster (University of Pittsburgh Library System)

 

Artificial Research Intelligence: Autonomously AI-Generated Science and the Implications for Research Libraries
Michael Ridley (University of Guelph)