How does ChatGPT generate image prompts that depict libraries? Documentation of seven conversations with ChatGPT4o

In preparation for a paper that examined the stereotypes embedded in the depictions of public, school and university libraries,[1] the authors carried out a series of ‘conversations’ with ChatGPT4o to understand what factors influenced the formulation of the image generation prompts. Following the protocol for the reporting of conversations with ChatGPT [2], this document provides the full text of the conversations with ChatGPT that were used.