CILIP's Research Report: Should librarians embrace AI and learn how to code?

How do we ensure that today's workforce has the skills and understanding they need in order to enable them to support their users in participating safely and successfully in a modern world that is increasingly powered by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, process automation and robotics? What are the ethical implications of our approach to these technologies – how can we deploy the existing ethical framework for librarians and ensure that it aligns to emerging work on Data Ethics and responsible technology? What should the skillset of the future workforce look like and what is the curriculum by which we will ensure that the next generation of information professionals have the skills to keep pace with future developments in technology? How do we ensure that today's workforce has the skills and understanding they need in order to enable them to support their users in participating safely and successfully in a modern world that is increasingly powered by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, process automation and robotics? What are the ethical implications of our approach to these technologies – how can we deploy the existing ethical framework for librarians and ensure that it aligns to emerging work on Data Ethics and responsible technology?