Survey of Library Science Faculty: Use of Artificial Intelligence Prompts

This comprehensive study provides an in-depth look at how library science faculty are engaging with AI prompt libraries, purchasing and sharing prompts, and integrating prompt engineering into their teaching and research. The study includes data on references to prompt strategies in submissions to journals, and on personal participation in the development of prompt archives or libraries for teaching, research and information literacy. What’s Inside the Report? The report offers detailed quantitative and qualitative insights, including subgroup analysis by institution type, faculty rank, age, sector, and more. Readers will find: Adoption Footprint: About 31% of faculty have used a prompt library, but only 4% have ever purchased an AI prompt. Roughly 9% have contributed prompts to shared archives, and a similar percentage have developed reusable ChatGPT prompt templates. Proprietary AI development is reported by 7% of respondents11111. Channels for Sharing: Professional or trade associations (13%) and GitHub (7%) are the most-used channels for sharing prompts. Academic libraries and institutional repositories are not used for prompt sharing in this sample Teaching Integration: Evidence shows concrete classroom and research use cases, such as assignment design, assessment alignment, and research workflows. However, many faculty report no or not-yet integration, consistent with an early diffusion curve for prompt library adoption