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Courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Librarianship in ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree programs are rare. We have all been surprised by ChatGPT and similar Large Language Models. Such computer programs have been compared in their potential to electricity, the smartphone, etc.. Generative AI is an important new area for librarianship. It is also developing so rapidly that no one can really keep up. Those trying to produce AI courses for the MLIS degree need all the help they can get. This book is a gesture of support.It consists of about 100,000 words on the topic, with a 4-500 item bibliography. It is the 2024 Third Edition of a 2024 Second Edition. Changes to the third edition include:

• a new Chapter 6 on evaluation and the future• new materials in Chapter 5 on current large language and multimodal models• scattered revisions, corrections, and updates.

The chapters have guided readings. It has material that would be good for MLIS graduates to know (what artificial intelligence and machine learning are, large language models, artificial intelligence literacy, bias…). It is open sourced and free, carrying a CC BY 4.0 License, which means that anyone can use it for any purpose, including commercial, provided they give credit to its creator. It has ISBN 978-0-473-72294-4. It is available as a pdf and as a WORD docx (which is easier to copy from and to edit).

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