Assistant Professor Joanne Dera, Rutgers Science Librarian and AI Ethics Lab Contributor, published a new article in Science & Technology Libraries titled, “Developing Discipline-Specific AI Ethics Literacy in Science and Engineering: A Call for Faculty and Academic Librarian Collaboration.”
In this peer-reviewed article, Professor Dera asks, “How can science and engineering librarians collaborate with faculty to develop discipline-specific AI competencies in students, leveraging evolving pedagogical frameworks? This narrative review examines recent literature concerning AI ethics education in science and engineering curricula, pedagogical approaches, and assessment methods and aims to catalyze discussion with faculty on integrating academic librarians’ unique information literacy and subject expertise. The findings reveal that a limited number of pedagogical approaches and assessment methods in AI ethics for science and engineering exist in studies so far. Still, existing frameworks and standards offer significant opportunities for science and engineering librarians to contribute significantly to the design and delivery of AI ethics education. Future research could empirically evaluate pedagogical frameworks with discipline-specific outcomes, curate discipline-specific ethical scenarios from using AI in real-world case studies, and develop authentic assessments.”
Citation: Dera, J. (2025). Developing Discipline-Specific AI Ethics Literacy in Science and Engineering: A Call for Faculty and Academic Librarian Collaboration. Science & Technology Libraries, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2025.2606669