Over time electronic resources offered by traditional library vendors have been stable products with understandable enhancements. The rapid emergence and widespread consumer access to Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) tools has compelled vendors, libraries, and librarians to urgently address this significant innovation. Vendors began developing and implementing new in-product Gen AI features as librarians faced a steep learning curve to evaluate, assess, make decisions about, and develop instruction around Gen AI add-ons. This session will offer a framework and actionable steps to help librarians with the challenge of new Gen AI tools showing up inside trusted platforms.
