Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show

Every Friday, librarians and archivists from the Georgia Tech Library pick a theme and free-associate an hour of music, interviews, and library talk.

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Episodes

Episode 630: Defining Skylines

Guests: Kirk Henderson, Exhibits Manager, and Connor Lynch, Exhibits Associate, of the Georgia Tech LIbrary. First broadcast March 7 2025 Playlist here "These folks live in the Exhibits Gallery."

Mar 07, 2025•59 min

Episode 629: Into the Professional Groove

Guest: Alex Brinson, Reference Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast February 28 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77426 Playlist here "Is that a rut?"

Feb 28, 2025•1 hr

Episode 628: Citizen Science Communication

Guest: Dr. Megan Mericle, School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. First broadcast February 14 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77079 Playlist here "So if you see a gross bug in your backyard, why not take a picture of it?

Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 1 min

Episode 627: The Past in the Future

Guests: Dr. Dillon Henry, Digital Accessioning Archivist, and Cliff Landis, Digital Curation Archivist, Archives and Special Collections department of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast February 7 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77063 Playlist here "Retro, meaning to them, made before 2010."...

Feb 07, 2025•56 min

Episode 626: The Future in the Past

Discussing the article from 2001 entitled " Yahoo and the Abdication of Judgment ". First broadcast January 31 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77044 Playlist here "Imagine if DARE had the same philosophy!"...

Jan 31, 2025•59 min

Episode 625: Steering the EdTech Ship

Guest: Warren Goetzel, Director of Academic Technology and Engagement for Georgia Tech’s Office of Information Technology & Director of External and Faculty Engagement with the Center for 21st Century Universities. First broadcast January 24 2025. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77037 Playlist here "I have to admit I found myself more overwhelmed than curious."...

Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 1 min

Episode 624: Improve the Situation

Guest: Jordan Moore, User Experience Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast January 17 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77029 Playlist here "What does 'fuss' mean in a professional context?"

Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 1 min

Episode 623: LITSmas 2024 (Christmas Cooking)

First broadcast December 20 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76696 Playlist here . "Well then, Merry Archives."

Dec 21, 2024•1 hr

Episode 622: Can Learning Be Affordable? And Can the Library Help?

Guest: Danielle Evans, Affordable Learning Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast December 13 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76626 . Playlist here "I think every librarian is an affordable learning librarian."

Dec 13, 2024•58 min

Episode 621: The Fifth Floor But Also Everywhere

Guest: Martin Patrick, Head of Technical Services at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast December 6 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76623 . Playlist here "... the most thoroughly represented – and perhaps most important, although don’t tell the Dean I said so..."

Dec 06, 2024•59 min

Episode 620: Whither Google Scholar?

First broadcast November 22 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76527 ; Playlist here "A black box sinking below the wreckage."

Nov 22, 2024•1 hr

Episode 619: Growing Art in the Georgia Tech Library

Guest: Dr. Bojana Ginn, 2024 Artist-in-Residence at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast November 15 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76521 ; Playlist here "Art can be about absolutely anything. And it can be absolutely anything."...

Nov 15, 2024•59 min

Episode 618: Academic Publishing on an AI Hamster Wheel

Guest: Lai Ma, assistant professor in the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin, discussing how AI will affect the scholarly publishing ecosystem, as described in her recent article: https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/article/view/287 . First broadcast November 8 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76513 ; Playlist here "I meant to say I was feeling nauseated."...

Nov 08, 2024•1 hr

Episode 617: In the Warehouse District

Guest: Nic Fann, Records Administrator at Georgia Tech. First broadcast November 1, 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76396 ; Playlist here "It's a big building with a lot of paper in it."...

Nov 01, 2024•59 min•Ep. 617

Episode 616: New Archivist, Digital Problems

Guest: Cliff Landis, Digital Curation Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast October 25 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76354 Playlist "Did you get any existential dread?"

Oct 25, 2024•57 min

Episode 615: The Uproar Class

Guests: Afra Bolefski, Inclusive User Experience Strategist at the University of Toronto; Mai Lu, Head of Public Services & Outreach at University of Toronto Mississauga, and Xiying Mi, Head of Resource Description at University of Wisconsin-Madison First broadcast October 11 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76318 ; Playlist here "Speak out."...

Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 1 min

Episode 614: The Science Fiction Lounge

Guest: Matt Frizzell, Assessment Librarian and Science Fiction subject specialist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast October 4 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76294 ; Playlist here "I would be reading all this anyway."...

Oct 04, 2024•58 min•Ep. 614

Episode 613: The Human in the Loop

Guest: Arnetta Girardeau, Copyright and Licensing Librarian at UNC Charlotte. First broadcast September 20 2024. Transcript: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76031 , Playlist here "It seems technology progresses much faster than our archive access policies."...

Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min

Episode 612: On Beyond Cataloging

Guest: Presley Dyer, Metadata Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast September 13 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75820 ; Playlist here "...while the work of a metadata librarian includes cataloging, it goes beyond that."

Sep 13, 2024•1 hr

Episode 611: The GT Library Guidebook

Guest: Jason Wright, Director of Communications for the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast September 6 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75813 ; Playlist here "Can I do a radio voice?"...

Sep 06, 2024•59 min

Episode 610: DIY Punk Strategies in the Library Classroom

Photo credit: Joe Lacey (@joexlacey) Guests: Kevin Adams, Information Literacy Librarian at Herrick Memorial Library, Alfred University and Edward Gloor, Teaching & Learning Librarian at University of Houston Libraries. First broadcast August 23 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75767 ; Playlist here "What's the most punk rock thing you've ever done?"...

Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min

Episode 605: You Can't Digitize Everything

PART 1 of THE STORIES ARCHIVES TELL Guest: Katie Gentilello, Digital Projects Coordinator at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast August 16 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75507 ; Playlist here "One might think you have an agenda..."...

Aug 16, 2024•1 hr

Episode 609: Three More Themes

First broadcast July 26 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75451 ; Playlist here "It's very hot in here."

Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 2 min

Episode 608: Equal Access to the Online Library

PART 1 of ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT series Guests: Dawn Evans, Accessibility Specialist and Valerie Morrison, E-Text Manager, GT’s Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI) First broadcast July 19 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75448 ; Playlist here "If you could define accessibility in less than ten words..."...

Jul 19, 2024•58 min•Ep. 608

Episode 607: The Power of Good Description

PART 2 of THE STORIES THAT ARCHIVES TELL series Guest: Alex Brinson, ACRL Diversity Resident at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast on June 28 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75444 Playlist here. "Archives are not neutral."...

Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 1 min

Episode 606: Media Literacy at the Carter Center

Part 4 of MAJOR AND MINOR THREATS series Guest: Sarah Morris, Media Literacy Program Consultant at the Carter Center. First broadcast June 21 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75406 ; Playlist here "Media literacy is plenty dramatic."...

Jun 21, 2024•59 min

Episode 604: Let's Get Medieval

Image from British Library, Harley 4335. Boethius (anonymous French translation), Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (Book 1) France, Central (Bourges); 1477, fol 1. Guest: Dr. Julia Schneider of University of Notre Dame Library. First broadcast May 31 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75387 ; Playlist here "The Middle Ages rocked the cradle of knowledge..."...

May 31, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 604