ACRL AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers
The ACRL Board of Directors approved new AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers at the October 3, 2025. The document expands on the broad definition of AI literacy, tailoring it into a comprehensive, library-specific set of competencies applicable to academic library workers. It is meant to serve as a guiding framework for the creation of training programs and as a foundation for communities of librarians to develop their own AI competency frameworks.
Given the diversity of roles and job duties among academic library workers, it is not possible to create a set of competencies that apply uniformly to everyone. Therefore, individuals, institutions, and others who use the competencies are encouraged to adapt them to specific job functions, responsibilities, or organizational contexts.
The new AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers is available in the Standards, Guidelines, and Frameworks section of the ACRL website.
