Dan Cohen
Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, Dean of the Libraries, and Professor of History
Northeastern University
Mike Furlough
Executive Director
HathiTrust
David Hansen
Executive Director
Authors Alliance
Claire Stewart
Professor and Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Dean of Libraries and University Librarian
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Günter Waibel
Associate Vice Provost & Executive Director, California Digital Library
University of California Office of the President
Suzanne Wones
University Librarian
University of California, Berkeley
What principles should guide libraries as they consider allowing or limiting access to their collections for artificial intelligence (AI) training? US research libraries collectively hold one of the world’s most comprehensive, sophisticated, and structured reflections of human thinking. In addition, research libraries steward the research output of the university, and support and advise their authors on their publishing choices. This published literature and these library collections are incredibly valuable for the development and deployment of AI. The opportunity to advance research and learning through AI is great but comes with significant risks. This panel will discuss balancing legal, technical, logistical, and mission-oriented challenges and opportunities and will explore what principles should guide decision-making for AI use of the universities’ scholarly content.
