Fostering Critical AI Literacy in the Curriculum: Student Agency, Information Literacy, and Scholarship-as-Conversation

This session highlights how librarians can embed themselves in first-year critical writing courses to teach students not only how to use AI tools, but how to think critically about them. At Goldey-Beacom College, the librarian partnered with faculty across two semesters to integrate AI Tools like Grammarly and Litmaps into the curriculum, guiding students to recognize when AI suggestions help and when rejecting them preserves voice and develops an authentic scholarly persona. By comparing corrective and exploratory AI tools, the study shows how librarian-led instruction can foster academic integrity, information literacy, and student agency.

Attendees will leave with practical strategies to adapt at their own institutions, positioning librarians as key leaders in cultivating critical AI literacy.