Generative artificial intelligence in the activities of academic libraries of public universities in Poland

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study conducted, using both survey and content analysis (of the websites and fan pages) of all the libraries of the public universities in Poland to establish their use of generative artificial intelligence. The general findings showed that not all libraries were active in promoting artificial intelligence solutions. Most (57 %) of the libraries supported the inclusion of GAI in the repertoire of library tools, although only 39.3 % dealt with GAI issues. 46 % actively used them despite 50 % of the libraries creating conditions favorable for the use of GAI. Interestingly, 43 % of libraries indicated that they did not think there was a need to use GAI tools with the main reasons given including a lack of staff competencies and the appropriate regulations in the area. For those libraries using GAI or AI, 47 % of them had information about this published on their home pages and 39 % on their fan pages. The most common information found was about the promotion of AI tools, the resources available in the library, organized events (49,67 % of all information) and documents on the subject (36,77 % of the published information).