{"id":227022,"date":"2026-06-05T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/unc-to-partner-with-public-libraries-for-statewide-ai-study\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:30:25","slug":"unc-to-partner-with-public-libraries-for-statewide-ai-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/unc-to-partner-with-public-libraries-for-statewide-ai-study\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC to Partner With Public Libraries for Statewide AI Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/higher-ed\/unc-to-partner-with-public-libraries-for-statewide-ai-study\">UNC to Partner With Public Libraries for Statewide AI Study<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/higher-ed\/unc-to-partner-with-public-libraries-for-statewide-ai-study\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/higher-ed\/unc-to-partner-with-public-libraries-for-statewide-ai-study<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 18:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North Carolina\u2019s public libraries collaborate with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to advance AI literacy through a statewide research initiative called Local Libraries and Generative AI.<\/li>\n<li>The two-year project, starting this summer and running through 2028, aims to study community use and support for generative AI and library&#8217;s role in responsible AI use.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers from UNC, led by UNC librarian Mar\u00eda Estorino, will assess library technology infrastructure, staff capacity, and community attitudes towards AI.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative involves two cohorts of libraries in different phases, using insights from the first to refine the approach with the second.<\/li>\n<li>The project supports North Carolina\u2019s broader AI education efforts in schools and aligns with national initiatives expanding AI literacy through public institutions.<\/li>\n<li>The North Carolina effort complements initiatives like Oklahoma\u2019s AI exploration for youth libraries and New Jersey\u2019s AI training sessions by libraries, highlighting a nationwide push for AI literacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC to Partner With Public Libraries for Statewide AI Study https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/higher-ed\/unc-to-partner-with-public-libraries-for-statewide-ai-study Publish Date: 2026-06-05 18:18:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/7ae59b6\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/770x374+0+69\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2F4b%2F61fb3035c20d6754e2b1a1b47fed%2Func.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-227022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227022"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227024,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227022\/revisions\/227024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}