A task performed by Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
Compile lists of books, periodicals, articles, and audio-visual materials on particular subjects.
Probably not worth it. Both worker desire (2/5) and AI capability (3.33/5) are on the low side. It sits in the Low Priority zone.
Do you want this task automated?
How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 4 workers).
How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 3 experts).
How much human involvement should stay?
The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.
Why workers feel the way they do
- It's repetitive25%
- Helps handle larger scale25%
How to automate this
Low priority to automate, but here is the gist if you want to try.
Analyzing & processing data
Let the spreadsheet or a BI tool do the math and the charts.
- 1Set up formulas and pivot tables once, so the numbers you need to compile lists of books, periodicals, articles, and audio-visual materials on particular subjects recalculate themselves.
- 2Connect a free dashboard so reports refresh themselves (Looker Studio, Power BI).
- 3Use AI to summarise the findings, but keep the numbers in the spreadsheet.
Tools that can help
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This is 1 of 9 tasks studied for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists, where workers want 33% of tasks automated.
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