AI Policies in Use In Libraries
PPL Board (2025, May 26).“Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy.”. Pickerington Public Library. Accessed Sept. 13, 2025. https://pickeringtonlibrary.org/ai-policy/.
HOUPL Board of Trustees. (2024, April 11). Employee AI Use Policy. https://webgen1files1.revize.com/houstonlibraryga/Document%20Center/Policies/HOUPL%20-%20AI%20Policy%20-%20Final.pdf
Kenosha Public Library. (2024, August 13). Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Usage Policy. Kenosha, WI. https://mykpl.info/wp-content/uploads/sites/120/2024/08/AI-Policy-V1-Final.pdf
Dekalb Public Library Board of Trustees (2024, September). DeKalb Public Library Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy. https://dkpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AI-policy_2024.pdf
SCPLD Board. (2024, September). Artificial Intelligence Use Policy. https://www.scpld.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Artificial-Intelligence-Use-Policy.pdf
Hastings Public Library Board (2024, October 7). Staff AI Usage Policy. https://www.hastingspubliclibrary.org/site-assets/files/tec-5_staff-ai-usage-policy.pdf
Holderness Board of Trustees. (2023, December 11). https://www.holdernessfreelibrary.org/uploads/1/2/0/0/120063836/holderness_free_library_ai_policy_2023.pdf
Template for AI Vetting Forms
Kenosha Public Library, Kenosha Public Library
Artificial Intelligence Vetting Process. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HbldZyYCFiIsneo8GWa-_Mvg-XldJ2De_XFy_AdyqUo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.7hgtgqy76zco
Kenosha Public Library, AI Vetting Request Form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VmRSd9cVzvV_j9D7cM4oiqJqifYWSy7I-1FgISOcQQM/viewform?edit_requested=true
Further Resources for AI Policy Development
Templates from Robin
Fill in Template – Long version with suggested policy wording
Boinodiris, Phaedra, and Beth Rudden. 2025. AI for the Rest of Us. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157658217-ai-for-the-rest-of-us.
Fernandez, Peter, and Kelly Tilton. 2018. Applying Library Values to Emerging Technology: Decision-Making in the Age of Open Access, Maker Spaces, and the Ever-Changing Library (Publications in Librarianship #72). Publications in Librarianship 72. ACRL. https://alastore.ala.org/content/applying-library-values-emerging-technology-decision-making-age-open-access-maker-spaces-and.
Hanegan, Michael, and Chris Rosser. 2025. Generative AI and Libraries: Claiming Our Place in the Center of a Shared Future. ALA Editions in collaboration with Core.
Lankes, David R. 2025. Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/236879964-triptych.
Suleyman, Mustafa. 2023. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century’s Greatest Dilemma. First edition. Crown.
Policies from cities and other governmental organizations
Garces, Santiago. (2023, May 18). City of Boston Interim Guidelines for Using Generative AI. https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2023/05/Guidelines-for-Using-Generative-AI-2023.pdf
City of Tempe. (2023, May 31). Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy. https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/AgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/ETHICAL%20ARTIFICAL%20INTELLIGENCE%20POLICY.DOCX.pdf
ADM-143 Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy | Lebanon, NH – Https://Lebanonnh.Gov/1737/AI-Policy.” n.d. Accessed August 25, 2025. https://lebanonnh.gov/1737/AI-Policy.
Gross, Paige. 2025. “Oklahoma Voice: Cities across the US Are Embracing AI Guidelines for Local Government Workers | News | Duncanbanner.Com.” The Duncan Banner, August 21. https://www.duncanbanner.com/news/oklahoma-voice-cities-across-the-us-are-embracing-ai-guidelines-for-local-government-workers/article_47c4ef2c-d725-4f1b-b617-0d81212d50ac.html.