Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary

1. 01Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.People already use AI for this at work
2. 02Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.People already use AI for this at work
3. 03Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, giving presentations at conferences, and serving on committees in professional associations.People already use AI for this at work
4. 04Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as collection development, archival methods, and indexing and abstracting.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
5. 05Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.AI could speed this up a lot
6. 06Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.People already use AI for this at work
7. 07Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.Mostly human for now
8. 08Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.People already use AI for this at work
9. 09Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.AI could speed this up a lot
10. 10Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.People already use AI for this at work

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.

1. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

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