Informing school library professional advisory on use of generative artificial intelligence to communicate accessible home literacy advice
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Abstract
Schools communicate the importance of home literacy practices in the early schooling years and beyond, but low parental English literacy can be a significant barrier to sharing evidence and strategies. School library professionals often play a key role in the implementation of new technologies, and in promoting reading and literacy within and beyond the school. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools are already being used in some schools for a variety of purposes despite known and emerging limitations and issues, and as digital and information literacy experts within schools, school library professionals may advise on and facilitate this use. This study seeks to determine if GenAI tools are reliable for generating simplified messaging on home literacy for effective communication with culturally and linguistically diverse homes. This research tests the reliability and consistency of GenAI tools in adjusting texts to enhance accessibility, and how research related messaging may be distorted through this simplification process. Findings suggest that GenAI tools are not currently consistent in their readability determinations, typically underestimating the complexity of the text they produce, with significant human oversight still needed. As such, at this stage, school library professionals’ advisory in schools should be responsive to these findings.
Keywords
artificial intelligence, GenAI, literacy communication, readability, school library professional
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2026
E-ISSN
15403564
ISSN
01930826
Publication Title
Journal of Library Administration
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Business and Law
Copyright
subscription content
Recommended Citation
Merga, M. K., Roni, S. M., & Dera, J. (2026). Informing school library professional advisory on use of generative artificial intelligence to communicate accessible home literacy advice. Journal of Library Administration. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2026.2695369