{"id":19276,"date":"2026-10-05T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=19276"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:19:52","slug":"ai-for-hospital-librarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2026\/10\/05\/ai-for-hospital-librarians\/","title":{"rendered":"AI for Hospital Librarians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2025, during the annual meeting of the Hospital Library Advisory Group for Region 7, hospital librarians expressed a need for a dedicated forum to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications for library services. In response, Region 7 launched an AI Community of Practice (CoP). The goal was to foster peer learning and resource sharing.<\/p>\n<p>To encourage active participation and shared ownership, the CoP was limited in size, and members committed to contributing a specific deliverable. Early discussions revealed a need for practical training. Participants wanted to explore: the librarian&#8217;s role alongside information technology and education departments; instructional opportunities for teaching AI; and core issues such as the evolution of prompt development, AI-generated content evaluation, and the integration of AI tools in library databases. Training needed to be grounded in the realities of hospital librarianship.<\/p>\n<p>The CoP hosted peer exchange discussions, guest blog posts, peer presentations. A subgroup of the CoP created an online resource guide featuring annotated AI resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Region 7 blog posts <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tagged with artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Recorded presentations on the NNLM <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLd_rX3U5JX1w&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMargot.Malachowski%40umassmed.edu%7C99009f5e0cbc4440e77c08df050b19f0%7Cee9155fe2da34378a6c44405faf57b2e%7C0%7C0%7C639235217366974611%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3AzwMugzBD7tgnGZhWHpCvYvaOlhIJg0WRKoR5EP1Uc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">AI Community of Practice playlist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/ai-for-hospital-librarians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resource Guide<\/a> on Artificial Intelligence for Hospital Librarians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participant feedback led to the development of a training webinar in collaboration with Cushing\/Whitney Medical Library that will be hosted in December 2026. Registration is available<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/region-7-presents-teaching-ai-hospital-libraries-strategies-critical-appraisal-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A facilitated discussion of <em>A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future<\/em> by Robert Wachter will be held in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>These activities provide multiple avenues for hospital librarians to explore AI concepts, exchange experiences, and develop practical skills relevant to their work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our heartfelt gratitude<\/strong> to AI CoP members: Adwoa Boateng, Carol Cave-Davis, Tom Cummiskey, Jill Daby, Maureen Dunn, Kate Erwin, Johanna Goldberg, Karen Goodman, Bridget Gunn, Wendy Herman, Anne-Marie Kaminsky, Judy Lee, Melis Lydston, Dina McKelvy, Megan McNichol, Elizabeth Merkle, Robin O\u2019Hanlon, Stacy Posillico, Laurie Regan, Carly Schanock, Mary Shah, Celine Soudant, and Elaina Vitale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2025, during the annual meeting of the Hospital Library Advisory Group for Region 7, hospital librarians expressed a need for a dedicated forum to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications for library services. In response, Region 7 launched an AI Community of Practice (CoP). The goal was to foster peer learning and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2026\/10\/05\/ai-for-hospital-librarians\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"tags":[590,119,120],"class_list":["post-19276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communities-of-interest","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-hospital-librarians","tag-hospital-library-advisory-group"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19276"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19283,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276\/revisions\/19283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}