Academic Librarians in Times of AI and AI Literacy: Tasks, Responsibilities, and Leadership.

The need for educating all stakeholders about AI was promptly recognized, and higher educational institutions followed the government's efforts to write out policies and directives. Librarians and information specialists, with their decades-long experience in delivering information, digital, and media literacy training, are the most suitable carriers and promoters of AI literacy. In this paper the academic librarians' efforts to shape AI literacy to ensure its promotion and delivery to patrons are collected, summarized, and outlined. Academic librarians experience and skills teaching, consulting, and practicing scholarly communications, specifically the areas of copyright, data privacy, and other legal and ethical issues makes them valuable participants in the efforts to adopt AI on campus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]