Libraries have long been reliable resources for identifying trustworthy information, stewarding resources, and building accessible pathways to knowledge. The UVA Library brings this approach to its engagement with artificial intelligence by joining our University community in facilitating thoughtful engagement, seeking reliable tools, and fostering a curious spirit in pursuit of education and research.
Influenced by Dean Leo Lo’s AI Literacy Framework, the Statement of Shared Practice and UVA Archival AI Protocol offers a starting place for institutions seeking to protect and build on their long-term interests.
The AI Literacy and Action Lab builds relationships across departments at the University, engaging AI on a project basis with students and researchers.
Perhaps most importantly, we’re seeking to grow the body of trustworthy resources — AI and beyond.
The UVA Archival AI Protocol is a broad document offering a consistent position from which to evaluate, negotiate, and govern AI partnerships while protecting donors, communities, and institutional trust.
The Statement of Shared Practice translates the Protocol's principles into a collective commitment any institution can endorse, followed by a support system for archival institutions.
Learn more about the AI Protocol and Statement of Shared PracticeThe AI Literacy and Action Lab, a joint initiative of the UVA Library and the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, puts Leo S. Lo's AI Literacy Framework into practice: students and faculty develop AI judgment by working on real projects in their own disciplines, guided by trained librarian facilitators.
Learn more about the AI Literacy and Action Lab
Library resource for AI-powered academic deep search, without hallucinations. Strongest in scientific and social science topics.
Designed to help researchers accelerate discovery, weigh the strength of available evidence, and sharpen critical thinking. Draws on deep well of peer-reviewed content from Elsevier and partners.
Text and data mining tool that supports large text dataset analysis across multiple disciplines in ProQuest archives, newspapers, journals, dissertations, and more.
Information about responsible AI in research, education, and healthcare. Explore AI@UVA calendar for all upcoming events.
Pairs Virginia small businesses, non-profits, and local public sector agencies with student teams to assist with AI strategy and implementation.
Interview with Leo S. Lo, UVA University Librarian and Dean of Libraries.
Leo Lo, dean of libraries at UVA and special advisor to the provost on AI literacy, told VPM News, “There are efforts to send a more university-wide AI vision. But for the last several years, different schools have been experimenting, trying different things.”
University Librarian and Dean of Libraries Leo S. Lo finds it useful to sort AI answers into an “answer typography” of four broad types: factual, interpretive, constructive and strategic.
“The idea is to train an artificial intelligence model to help with this speech recognition into text, and that requires a significant data set,” said Lisa Blackmore, the faculty director of UVA Library’s Digital Humanities Center. “This project is a great example of how AI can be used in experimental and creative ways as part of socially engaged research.”
In December 2022, when University of Virginia Librarian and Dean of Libraries Leo Lo worked for another institution, students began asking for books and articles that did not exist. It alarmed him.