IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to the IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI) website

Starting in 2023, the IDEA Institute on AI will be offered by the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). Click HERE for more information @ https://www.asist.org/idea-institute/

We invite you to browse and learn about the one-week professional development program for library and information professionals, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (2020-23), and explore the resources.

This website will continue to be maintained until August 2023, when the IMLS grant period ends.

The key drivers of the IDEA Institute are:

Innovation

Innovation allows information professionals to develop effective and creative solutions to ensure equitable user information access despite limited resources and a competitive technological environment.

Disruption

Becoming more familiar with artificial intelligence's (AI) disruptive qualities can lead to improved information services and user experience. Institutions can then pave individualized steps through AI integration.

Enquiry

Enquiry is the key to producing genuine results. Articulating goals through systematic processes allows for the greatest understanding and concrete solutions, especially in AI implementation.

Access

Equitable and effective information access is created by considering socioeconomic status, disabilities, literacy, education, language, internet access, idea diversity, location, and many other factors.

The IDEA Institute values equity, diversity and inclusion:

The IDEA Institute on AI is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in all aspects of the program in order to deepen the knowledge and skills of library and information professionals in using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance information access, discovery and services for users, independent of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, and other dimensions of potential inequity.

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