The CRAAP Test in the Age of AI — A Librarian's Updated Checklist

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The CRAAP Test in the Age of AI - A Librarian's Updated Checklist The CRAAP test has been a librarian's best friend since 2004, when Sarah Blakeslee first published it in the CSU Chico library's quarterly. Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose. Five questions. No jargon. It worked beautifully for journal articles, news stories, and government reports - sources with authors, institutions, and publication dates you could actually look up. Then came AI.