Viewfinder: AI Values Assessment Tool

Step 1: Select Scenario

Choose an AI scenario to explore

Choose Your Scenario

Select one scenario card that represents an AI implementation you want to explore, or create your own custom scenario.

Available AI Scenarios - Select One

Article Summaries

A third-party service that uses AI to generate brief summaries of research articles for students and faculty.

Project Stage:
Post-implementation

Chatbot Reference

A third-party AI chatbot to provide online reference for students on evenings and weekends.

Project stage:
Information gathering stage, pre-implementation

Automated Metadata

A locally-built computer vision tool to create metadata for classification and discovery of digital photographs documenting labor organizing in your area.

Project Stage:
Mid-implementation, testing the tool on some photographs.

Resource Recommendations

An open source, AI-powered resource recommender system to help users more easily search and find resources they need from the library databases.

Project Stage:
Post-implementation.

Custom Scenario

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Select Your Values

Consider which values are of concern to you in your scenario. Identify 3 values that are of most concern.

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Your Values - Select Exactly 3

Privacy and Consent

  • User choice
  • Data protections

Fiscal Responsibility

  • Budget considerations
  • Personnel impacts

Alignment

  • Applying existing guidelines
  • Professional codes of ethics

Education

  • Understanding AI operations
  • AI impacts on student research and student learning experiences
  • Plagiarism

Care

  • Concern for harms
  • Relationships
  • Community

Human-centeredness

  • Usefulness to human endeavour
  • Labor considerations
  • Including people in AI— i.e., human-in-the-loop

Trust

  • Transparency
  • Making sources visible
  • Clarity about AI implementation
  • Accuracy of AI's output
  • Intellectual Property

Social Responsibility

  • Diversity
  • Inclusion
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Bias

Service Quality

  • Integrity of the library
  • Ensuring the library's ability to deliver quality services

Other

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Add Custom Value

Select Stakeholder

Choose one stakeholder representing a different perspective from your own.

Available Stakeholders - Select One

Faculty

Teaching and research staff who rely on library collections and services for academic work.

Student

Undergraduate and graduate students using library resources for research and coursework.

Community Member

Local community members who use library services and resources.

Library Administrator

Library directors and senior management responsible for strategic decisions and policy.

Vendor

External companies and service providers offering AI tools and technologies to libraries.

Researcher

Academic researchers and scholars who depend on library resources for their work.

Librarian/
Archivist

Professional librarians and archivists who manage collections and provide user services.

Library/Archives Staff

Support staff who assist with daily operations, circulation, and user support.

Library IT Professional

Technical staff responsible for library systems, digital infrastructure, and technology support.

Software
Developer

Developers who create and maintain library systems and library technology solutions.

University Administrator

Institutional administrators who oversee budget, policy, and strategic planning for libraries.

Other

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Select Stakeholder Values

Consider which values are of concern to that stakeholder. Identify 3 values that are of most concern.

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Stakeholder Values - Select Exactly 3

Fiscal Responsibility

  • Budget considerations
  • Personnel impacts

Alignment

  • Applying existing guidelines
  • Professional codes of ethics

Education

  • Understanding AI operations
  • AI impacts on student research and student learning experiences
  • Plagiarism

Care

  • Concern for harms
  • Relationships
  • Community

Human-centeredness

  • Usefulness of AI to the human endeavour
  • Labor considerations
  • Including people in AI— i.e., human-in-the-loop

Trust

  • Transparency
  • Making sources visible
  • Clarity about AI implementation
  • Accuracy of the AI's output
  • Intellectual Property

Social Responsibility

  • Diversity
  • Inclusion
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Bias

Service Quality

  • Integrity of the library
  • Ensuring the library's ability to deliver quality services

Other

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Press Enter or Space to edit the stakeholder value description
Add Custom Value

Compare & Reflect

Review your selections and answer the reflection questions.

Reflection Questions

Selected Scenario

Your Values

Stakeholder's Values

Review the values you selected for yourself and your stakeholder(s).
Note where the values agree or disagree across the different stakeholders and which values were left out.
What actions can you take to uphold these values?

What biases and assumptions came forward when you adopted a different stakeholder perspective?
How did you decide which values to select for that stakeholder?
What other stakeholder viewpoints need to be considered in your scenario?

What are the longer-term effects or potential harms of this AI project?
Who is accountable for potential harms (e.g., the library, library users, or other third-parties)?
What could happen if the AI is implemented beyond its intended scope or purpose?