"Library Instruction Renewal":
Harvesting the Instruction Power of AI through all Library Types (TLA LIRT Summit 2024)
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This workshop will showcase the committed effort to academic integrity through-out all levels of librarianship and the libraries that are served. The workshop will share new research and best practices for collaborative models in addressing student success across the spectrum of innovative curriculum instructional design technology on AI, plagiarism and academic integrity. Through building a culture of collaboration between librarians, teachers, faculty, ISD boards, State and National Level curriculum standards, academic affairs, this program will outline the best practices in instituting an AI Library Workshop that tackles the guidelines to support student success, from plagiarism challenges to library resources and services and academic integrity endeavors. The scope of the problem and its relevance to Texas libraries is academic dishonesty is rampant in school and academic libraries whereas students often do not view what they do as Cheating and using AI. According to the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Contract cheating is the purchasing of custom-made university assignments to submit them. Websites providing contract cheating services often claim this form of Cheating is undetectable, and no published research has examined this claim (Dawson and Sutherland-Smith, 2018). APA 7th Reference Dawson, P., & Sutherland-Smith, W. (2018). Can markers detect contract cheating? Results from a pilot study. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 43(2), 286-293. https://10.1080/02602938.2017.1336746
Kimberly Michelle Gay
Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II
John B. Coleman Library- Prairie View A&M University
Kimberly M. Gay is the Head of Reference and Information Services Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II at Prairie View A&M University- a part of the Texas A&M University System’s John B. Coleman Library. Her work experience includes more than 20 years of professional Academic Librarianship. She credits being a member of both the Texas Library Association, the American Library Association and a lifetime member of Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society for Library and Information Studies. She received a Master of Science Degree in Library Science and Information Studies from Texas Woman's University Suma Cum Laude.
As rightly defined above- it is not enough to have values to be honest in what you do unless one is equipped with the skills to be accurate in academic practices. With the information flooded from all over, students today face a dilemma. They sometimes fail to understand the thin line of perceptions between what constitutes severe academic misconduct and what is fair and acceptable.
Blame it on the advent of information and technology, the desire to get admission into the esteemed university, or peer/parent pressure; cheating continues to be a part of the learning community. There is also a common notion that to work smart is to take shortcuts, i.e., to copy-paste as it is safe unless you get caught.
The majority of students do not intend to plagiarize but lack knowledge and skills that prevent them from abiding by academic Integrity. Therefore the emphasis should be on developing the skills rather than achieving the final grades that they can retain beyond years of schooling.
The quickening pace of technological advancement, in particular generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), is reshaping the landscape for all.
From the Shady Side Academy Senior School Handbook:
Academic Integrity Plagiarism, lying, cheating, stealing, etc. are alien to the Guiding Principle of Honesty and are unacceptable. The principle of academic integrity is the cornerstone of a school community. Cheating or giving and receiving unacknowledged assistance in academic work are unacceptable behavior in this community. Such actions will likely result in disciplinary actions. (page 29)
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Presenter: Kimberly M. Gay, M.L.S. Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II. Prairie View A&M University. John B. Coleman Library.
Presenter Bio:
Kimberly M. Gay is the Head of Reference and Information Services Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II at Prairie View A&M University- a part of the Texas A&M University System’s John B. Coleman Library. Her work experience includes more than 20 years of professional Academic Librarianship. She credits being a member of both the Texas Library Association, the American Library Association and a lifetime member of Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society for Library and Information Studies. Texas Library Association organizations include: Divisions: College & University Libraries; Round Tables: TLA Black Caucus- member and Councilor Alternate 2007-2010, TLA Executive Board Representative at Large- Academic 2015-2018; Local History and Archives/Genealogy- member and Chair-elect 2007-2008- Chair- 2008-2009. She also was appointed to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Appointment to TexShare Education Services Working Group 2007-2013. President of Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Phi Mu (International Library and Information Studies Honor Society (Texas Woman’s University) 2014-2015. American Library Association’s National Worker’s Day Website. April 17, 2007. Library Staff Star. Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas is where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Mass Communication- Concentration in Broadcast and Digital/ Print Journalism graduating Magna Cum Laude, 3.89 GPA. She received a Master of Science Degree in Library Science and Information Studies- Concentration in Academic Librarianship and Reference Services, Suma Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA from TWU as well. She supervises a staff of six professional degreed librarians and 10 library student federal work study students and one graduate research student assistant at the John B. Coleman Library. Gay is the Library Faculty Liaison on the main campus for: University College, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, School of Public and Allied Health, University College, Psychology, Panthers Fostering Success. PVAMU service committees include: The Student Conduct Hearing Board 2012-present; Advisor- National Society of Collegiate Scholars 2010- present, Academic Affairs Technology Council 2016-2018, Organization Review Board; Women’s Leadership Council 2016- present, African- American History Month Committee 2015- present, and QEP-iREAD Academic Reading Coach 2010. She has co-edited/published three custom-made textbooks for the Department of Languages and Communications >> Public Speaking Handbook with additional readings- Pearson Custom Publishing, 2008, 2010, 2011. Gay attended four HBUC Mellon Grant Information Literacy Leadership Institute Fellowships. She served on 16 John B. Coleman Library Committees and chaired three. Editor of Campus-Wide Coleman Library Connections the Library electronic and print newsletter 2007-2010.
Computer Technology and Library Database Services LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
The American Library Association Code of Ethics states the values to which we are committed, and embodies the ethical responsibilities of the profession in this changing information environment.
Students seeking shortcuts and other ways to reduce their workload is nothing new. From copying the work of other students to purchasing study guides or summaries of assigned readings, challenges to academic integrity existed long before the internet. The digital age made certain forms of plagiarism especially tempting with the ease of copying and pasting from internet sources. With each new technological era, instructors and academic institutions have adjusted their strategies for preventing and spotting plagiarism, from how assignments are designed to the use of detection tools to the threat of adverse consequences if students are caught. The arrival of ChatGPT and other natural language processing forms of artificial intelligence (AI) present the latest challenge to academic integrity.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2018
Summary
Introduction
Academic honesty and academic integrity are terms in common currency, especially in tertiary education. However, the specific term ‘academic honesty’ is used by the International Baccalaureate (IB), an independent, international organization that has developed curricula in the primary and secondary sectors of education. Academic honesty is considered to be a significant feature in IB philosophy. The terms academic honesty or academic integrity are often considered to be the antithesis of the term ‘plagiarism’; for example, the UK's Higher Education Academy (HEA) and JISC (2010) produced a guide to Supporting Academic Integrity which is heavily focused on plagiarism. The IB, however, takes a more holistic and more positive view; it argues that ‘academic honesty must be seen as a set of values and skills that promote personal integrity and good practice in teaching, learning and assessment’ (International Baccalaureate, 2011, 2). Therefore, within the IB definition, there are expectations that students will develop skills in the techniques or mechanics of academic honesty, but also that they will realize and practise ethical standards with regard to academic honesty. In contrast to the IB approach, literature in library and information science tends to be strong on references to the techniques and skills development needed with regard to avoiding plagiarism, but there is less focus on the affective arena, whereby students develop principles and values with regard to their practice of academic honesty.
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