Generative Artificial Intelligence: ethics and mediation in libraries
ÉTICA E MEDIAÇÃO EM BIBLIOTECAS
Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, University Libraries, Information Literacy, Information Ethics, Institutional GuidelinesAbstract
This article analyzes the role of institutional guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in university libraries, with emphasis on the librarian's mediating function in the processes of guidance, training, and ethical use of information in the production of academic knowledge. The research, qualitative in nature and descriptive-exploratory in character, takes as its empirical object an institutional manual developed by the Study Group on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence of a federal public university, analyzed through thematic categorical analysis in accordance with Bardin (2016). The theoretical framework articulates information literacy, informational ethics, information mediation, and artificial intelligence in libraries, based on a bibliographic review of Information Science sources conducted between February and May 2026. The results indicate that the manual presents consistency in delimiting acceptable uses and in requiring disclosure of GAI use, in alignment with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (2023) and Ordinance No. 2.664/2026 of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). It is concluded that the development of institutional guidelines is a collaborative and ongoing process, requiring continuous training for information professionals and active participation from the academic community so that the librarian may consolidate their role as a strategic agent of critical literacy in artificial intelligence.