Algorithmic Literacy and the Role for Libraries

Artificial intelligence (AI) is powerful, complex, ubiquitous, often opaque, sometimes invisible, and increasingly consequential in our everyday lives. Navigating the effects of AI as well as utilizing it in a responsible way requires a level of awareness, understanding, and skill that is not provid...

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Published inInformation technology and libraries Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 1 - 15
Main Authors Ridley, Michael, Pawlick-Potts, Danica
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Library Association 01.06.2021
Subjects
Algorithm
Algorithms
Artificial intelligence
Canada
Computer Literacy
Creativity
Decision making
Definitions
Digital literacy
Economic impact
Educational Strategies
Elementary Secondary Education
Finland
Human rights
Impact analysis
Information literacy
Libraries
Literacy
Mathematical Logic
New York
Pedagogy
Problem solving
Reading Instruction
Skills
United States
New York
Canada
United States
Finland
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Summary:Artificial intelligence (AI) is powerful, complex, ubiquitous, often opaque, sometimes invisible, and increasingly consequential in our everyday lives. Navigating the effects of AI as well as utilizing it in a responsible way requires a level of awareness, understanding, and skill that is not provided by current digital literacy or information literacy regimes. Algorithmic literacy addresses these gaps. In arguing for a role for libraries in algorithmic literacy, the authors provide a working definition, a pressing need, a pedagogical strategy, and two specific contributions that are unique to libraries.
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ISSN:0730-9295
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DOI:10.6017/ital.v40i2.12963