The presence of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic and professional work is becoming increasingly prevalent. AI is no longer a technology that GLAM practitioners can ignore or disregard. Practitioners must be at the heart of considerations regarding AI integration into GLAM institutions to safeguard the profession’s core values of equity, fair access, intellectual freedom, and social responsibility. This thematic review encompasses professional publications and peer-reviewed articles. It serves as a “syllabus of understanding” that will empower GLAM practitioners, students, and emerging professionals to assess and define ethical stewardship in the time of AI integration.
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CoxAndrew.“Algorithmic Literacy, AI Literacy and Responsible Generative AI Literacy.” Journal of Web Librarianship 18, no. 3 (2024): 93–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2024.
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CrawfordKate.Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. Yale University Press, 2021.
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DancyChristopher L.SaucierP. K. “AI and Blackness: Toward Moving Beyond Bias and Representation.” IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society3, no. 1 (2022): 31–40. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2021.3125998.
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HaneganMichaelRosserChris. Generative AI and Libraries: Claiming Our Place in the Center of a Shared Future. ALA Editions, 2025.
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HernándezRichard AriasRockembachMoisés. “Building Trustworthy AI Solutions: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Literacy into Records Management and Archival Systems.” AI and Society40, no. 6 (2025): 4265–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02194-0.
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KimYoung JiXinyi ZhangCecileyFangChengyu. “Navigating the Human-AI Divide: Boundary Work in the Age of Generative AI.” Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans6 (2025): 100214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2025.100214.
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MurphyOonaghVillaespesaElena, AI: A Museum Planning Toolkit. Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, 2020.
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ReichJustinDukesJeffrey, Toward a New Theory of Arrival Technologies: The Case of ChatGPT and the Future of Education Technology After Adoption. OSF Preprints, 2024. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/x6vn7.
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