ALIA Online 2025: Use It or Lose It: Upskilling Librarians by Integrating AI into Business As Usual (BAU)

ALIA ONLINE CONFERENCE 2025: Panel Title: Building AI-Ready Libraries: Staff Development, Strategic Integration, and Cultural Change

Summary: This panel brings together three innovative approaches to AI adoption in academic libraries, focusing on the human side of technological transformation. The discussion will explore how different institutions are addressing staff capabilities, institutional readiness, and practical integration of AI tools. From Curtin's practice-based professional development and student guidance, to Deakin's strategic organisational assessment, to Monash's "learn-by-doing" approach to AI integration, panelists will share insights on building confidence and creating sustainable frameworks for AI adoption. The session will examine successful strategies for upskilling library staff while maintaining a critical and thoughtful approach to AI implementation in academic library services.