From the Big Picture to Quick Wins: The Next Two Years of AI in Academic Libraries (Part 2)
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A roundtable with ACRL's Artificial Intelligence Interest Group conveners
Amanda Y. Makula
Amanda Y. Makula is Associate Professor and Digital Initiatives Librarian at the University of San Diego (USD), where she also serves as the library’s faculty liaison to the Ethnic Studies department. Amanda manages the University’s open access digital platform, Digital USD, and provides education and outreach to students and faculty about scholarly publishing, author’s rights, and research impact. Until its sunsetting in 2024, she spearheaded the annual Digital Initiatives Symposium, which brought together academics and thought leaders from across the U.S. and beyond to discuss digital and open access ecosystems. In addition to her role as Incoming Convener for the ACRL AI Interest Group, Amanda currently serves on the Research and Scholarship working group of USD’s AI Steering Committee and has a book chapter forthcoming about the San Diego Lowrider Archival Project in the volume Debates in Latinx Digital Humanities.
