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Iowa Academic Library Alliance

AI Working Group

Documents, posts, articles, etc. introduced/discussed at AI Working Group meetings.

May 8, 2025:

AI isn’t replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it
by Jeanne Beatrix Law; from The Conversation
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College: ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project
by James D. Walsh; from New York Magazine
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
a poem by Joseph Fasano
AI agents and online courses
Linkedin post by Michelle Kassorla
Substack column by Laura Yost
Instructional Designer at Kirkwood Community College

Library Guides

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Chatbots
Des Moines Area Community College
Artificial Intelligence: FAQ
Central College
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher ed and beyond
Buena Vista University
Issues of AI
University of Northern Iowa
On citing AI in APA style
Kirkwood Community College
On citing AI in MLA style
Kirkwood Community College
Using AI Tools in the Research Process
Cowles Library, Drake University

Policies/Statements/Documentation/Courses

AI Guiding Principles (Summer 2024)
Cowles Library, Drake University
AI Technologies Guidelines & Procedures
University of Northern Iowa
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Chatbots
Des Moines Area Community College; Generative AI statement for syllabi

Notes and outline for AI Literacy tutorial aimed at students. We created a module within D2L/Brightspace that faculty can copy into their courses and assign to students.
Kirkwood Community College

When is it safe to use CHATGPT?
Flowchart from University of British Columbia used at Des Moines Area Community College

Events

AI tools for academic research (used at the June 21, 2024 Alliance meeting)

Blog posts

AI & OER, a Perfect Pair? (March 2024)
Iowa OER blog post contributed by Shannon Brenner, Instructional Designer & Adjunct Faculty at Northeast Iowa Community College
AI and Librarianship (August 2024)
Iowa OER blog post contributed by Kevin Engel, Grinnell College