Zero Risk AI Adoption for Institutions
In the pursuit of research, time is scarce and demands keep growing. For this reason, researchers are increasingly turning to AI. According to a recent study by Wiley, adoption of AI tools among researchers has surged from 57% to 84% in just one year, with usage for research and publishing tasks alone rising from 45% to 62% 1.
Alongside this growth, researchers are becoming more discerning in how they engage with AI, spending less time sifting through irrelevant papers, formatting references, or rewriting abstracts and more time designing robust studies, interpreting data, and producing meaningful work.
Traditional academic search methods are increasingly falling short for modern researchers and students. Current challenges include:
The Keyword Barrier:
Users are often forced to know exactly what to search for and how to phrase it to get results.
Lack of Guidance:
Results are typically returned without reasoning, and advanced filtering often adds complexity rather than clarity.
Unreliable AI:
Generic AI tools often pull information from unverified or unreliable web sources, which compromises research integrity.
A Generational Shift:
Today’s students and researchers are moving away from keywords and prefer "prompting" to find information.
Zendy AI solutions are specifically designed for research, while maintaining research integrity, ensuring that every insight is backed by licensed and verified academic content.
Why it Matters for Libraries
Increased Engagement
First results show an increase of database usage between 30-70% which significantly improves discoverabillity
Maximise ROI
Get the greatest possible value from the library resources and subscriptions you are already paying for
Human-Centric:
By automating the discovery process, library staff have more time for direct human interaction.
Zendy’s Solutions for Enhanced Discovery
Zendy AI Discovery:
Publisher-agnostic expert layer on your trusted resources that acts as a research partner, improves research quality and reduces time to find relevant content with a guided experience and systematic review by up to 80%. No disruption to existing flows or infrastructure changes. Libraries keep full control over the AI agent behaviour. Get started with only a few lines of script embedded into your existing library.
Zendy AI Assistant:
A research-specific assistant that turns digital collections into intelligent conversational experiences. It can be added on an institution’s own data, repositories, or special collections. Combining it with Zendy AI Discovery gives you both the expert layer as well as the engagement with your content.
Zendy Platform and AI tools:
Access Zendy’s AI-powered research library Combine a peer-reviewed library with an integrated AI research suite to support search and review across the research cycle. Built for your alumni, smaller research groups, and institutions in underserved regions, it provides instant access to high-quality content and the tools to analyze it effectively from day one.
Access Zendy’s trusted content your way
Great flexibility in how content is surfaced and used across your digital library. API access allows institutions to integrate Zendy’s trusted content into your library ecosystem.
Zendy’s mission is to break down barriers to knowledge and democratise access through mass availability. By moving toward the “institutional horizon,” Zendy empowers library ecosystems to solve significant challenges through accelerated research with trusted resources and reducing the time to insight for students and researchers, while maximising the ROI on your library’s subscriptions.
Ready to Accelerate your Institutional Research?
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