For academic librarians balancing teaching, service, and project work, managing tasks effectively is essential. AI-integrated productivity tools promise to help prioritize, organize, and even predict how long it might take to finish that ever-important task that's being avoided. But in practice, these tools are part experiment, part assistant, and part mirror.
In the latest post in our AI Tools for Academic Libraries series, Joël Rivard, OCUL Visiting Researcher and Head of Research Support Services at Carleton University, reviews five AI task management software products. He explores their features, costs, and the data privacy considerations to help when choosing a productivity tool.
Read the full post: AI Tools for Academic Libraries: Evaluating AI Task Management Tools to Improve Productivity
AI Tools for Academic Libraries is part of the OCUL AI and Machine Learning Initiative. The blog series is a collaboration between OCUL and Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, and is hosted on Choice's LibTech Insights content channel that examines the day-to-day impact of library and education tech on academic librarians.
Joël Rivard is one of three OCUL Visiting Researchers for 2025. His research investigates the adoption and implementation of new technologies at university libraries, including staff’s use of AI and machine learning tools.