Librarian Leadership in the Age of AI
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v45i1.17659Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence (AI), LeadershipAbstract
Librarians have managed and lived through many seismic shifts brought by technology. How should librarian leaders approach the coming anticipated AI workforce disruption?
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