Paper Short Abstract

While promoting open research to ensure transparency, researchers should remain reflective throughout the research project when engaging with AI tools and research should be conducted in a way that follows a balanced approach, where advantages and risks around GenAI are taken into consideration.

Paper Abstract

While promoting open research practices to ensure transparency, accessibility and rigour, researchers should also remain reflective throughout the entire cycle of their research project when engaging with AI tools. Research should be conducted in a way that follows a balanced approach, where we consider both: advantages and risks that are associated with GenAI. We are in a transition stage in the academic environment where we are adjusting policies or putting new policies in place to address artificial intelligence. As librarians, we think about new ways of supporting researchers so that they can follow a responsible approach when inviting generative AI tools into their research practice. To enable a sustainable research ecosystem, we are addressing those new ways of working with data. GenAI tools should be used effectively but also ethically and transparently which fits into the principle around open research practices. In this poster I have presented different aspects linked to each stage of the research project ( planning stage, active stage and dissemination stage). In the descriptive parts I have highlighted the key questions that should be considered when following a reflective approach while introducing GenAI tools into the research process. Is Ai permitted in the study? How should we use GenAI? And what would be the comprehensive way to communicate the use of GenAI upon dissemination of the research findings.