The Georgia Tech Library presents AI Week 2025

Lost in the Stacks, the research-library rock'n'roll radio show, is a knowledge laboratory, and sometimes we work out what we think about a topic while on the air. We've been thinking about AI in libraries for a while now:

• Episode 405 "Skynet Fail: AI in Libraries"
  Featuring Edmond Chow, Associate Professor in School of Computational Science and Engineering, in a wide-ranging conversation about AI from 2018.
   
• Episode 435 "Authored by AI"
  Inspired by the first AI-authored scientific book (Lithium Ion Batteries), the show team discusses how artificial intelligence will shape the scholarly publishing world in the coming years.
   
• Episode 480 "AI on the Bias"
  Featuring Ayanna Howard, at the time Chair of the School of Interactive Computing, in a discussion of how human biases creep into AI systems.
   
• Episode 548 "AI: Artificial Issues (in Patents and Copyrights)"
  Featuring Philip Burrus of the Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group discussing inventions and art created by artificial intelligence, and whether those creations can be patented or copyrighted.
   
• Episode 561 "There's a New Metadata Intern in the Office"
  Featuring Robin Fay, a metadata/cataloging librarian and trainer, discussing whether artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT can be used in the creation of metadata.
   
• Episode 564 "Assumptions About an AI Future"
  The show team discusses some common assumptions about how AI will affect the library profession and higher education as it becomes more sophisticated.
   
• Episode 565 "Artificially Augmenting Higher Education"
  Featuring Emily Weigel, Senior Academic Professional in the School of Biological Sciences, discussing how she uses AI tools like ChatGPT in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning, and why professors should lean in to this new tool in higher education.
   
• Episode 581 "The AI4Libraries Conference"
  Featuring Anu Moorthy, at the time Electronic Resources Librarian, discussing the conference she founded, the AI4LibrariesConference.
   
• Episode 618 "Academic Publishing on an AI Hamster Wheel"
  Featuring Dr Lai Ma of the University College Dublin, discussing how AI will impact the scholarly publishing ecosystem, particularly with respect to bibliographic diversity.
   
• Episode 632 "This Machine Fills Metadata Fields"
  Featuring Presley Dyer, Metadata Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library; Wilhelmina Randtke, Head of Libraries Technologies and Systems at Georgia Southern University; and Mary Beth Weber, Head of Central Technical Services at Rutgers University, discussing the ALA Core eForum called "AI Insights: Revolutionizing Metadata Management", and how catalogers use (and don't use) AI tools in their professional work.
   
• Episode 636 "How to Train Your Algorithm"
  Featuring Christina Shivers, the 2023 Ventulett NEXT Fellow in the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech, discussing the use of Artificial Intelligence in the creative design process. Recorded at the Georgia Tech Library Media Arts Day 2025 event.
   
• Episode 639 "Putting the 'A' and the 'I' in Information Literacy"
  Featuring Sarah Morris, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement at the University of Georgia Libraries, discussing how AI literacy intersects with information literacy, and how librarians are incorporating AI literacy strategies into their work.