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Insights Xchange: Conversations Shaping Academic Research

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Insights Xchange: Conversations Shaping Academic Research

What Comes Next for Academic Libraries?

March 19, 2026

0:00 | 39:16

Doug Way, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kentucky, joins Nikesh Gosalia to unpack how academic libraries are evolving rethinking collections, metadata, AI and equity to better serve researchers, students, and communities in a time of constant change.

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Nikesh Gosalia:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikeshgosalia/

https://x.com/NikeshGo

Doug Way:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-way-5b429913/

Show notes:

Thank you for listening! Here are links to some of the things that Doug Way and Nikesh discussed in the podcast. We would love to hear from you, so feel free to drop a line at insightsxchange@cactusglobal.com

UK Libraries Learning Lab | https://libraries.uky.edu/locations/special-collections-research-center/learning-lab-internship
Oral History at the University of Kentucky | https://libraries.uky.edu/locations/special-collections-research-center/louie-b-nunn-center-oral-history
Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence | https://caai.ai.uky.edu/
Open AI Whisper | https://openai.com/index/whisper/
Elevating Appalachian Voices in Library Collections | https://scholars.uky.edu/en/projects/the-mountains-seemed-empty-but-i-knew-they-werent-elevating-appal/
Throwing Back the Curtain: Getting Candid about Negotiating and the Value of the Library-Vendor Relationship | https://scholars.uky.edu/en/publications/throwing-back-the-curtain-getting-candid-about-negotiating-and-th/
Clarivate | https://clarivate.com/
Wiley | https://www.wiley.com/en-in/
Springer Nature | https://www.springernature.com/in
Elsevier | https://www.elsevier.com/en-in

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