Abstract
The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has drawn attention to a multitude of complex ethical issues in AI use, necessitating further steps toward a multidisciplinary AI literacy education framework and more robust guidelines for addressing the challenges faced by the library profession and society at large. In an attempt to contribute to the development of such guidelines, this article draws on the example of selected learning activities of a graduate-level library science course taught at a regional university. The article then discusses the AI literacy through community engagement concept that provides a structure to integrate AI literacy into LIS education and professional practice of librarianship.
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