Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show
361 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsEvery 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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ENCORE Episode 357: Fossils... in glorious 3D!
February 04, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBGuest: Chad Hutchens, Head of Digital Collections, University of Wyoming Libraries. First broadcast September 15 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-september-23rd-fossils-in-glorious-3d-episode-357/ "...unfettered by a carbonaceous film."
ENCORE Episode 223: Citizen Archiving II: Documents & Dischord
January 28, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB"I have been confused with a collector." Guest: Ian MacKaye of Dischord Records. First broadcast September 5 2014. Playlist at http://www.wrek.org/?p=10191
ENCORE Episode 356: Dischord Records is History
January 21, 2022 20:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB"Punk rock!" First broadcast September 1 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-september-1st-dischord-records-is-history-episode-356/
Episode 510: 2022 The Electric Boogaloo
January 14, 2022 20:12 - 59 minutes - 52.9 MBFirst broadcast January 14 2022. Transcript; Playlist https://www.wrek.org/2022/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-january-14-2022-2022-the-electric-boogaloo-episode-510/ "...unwanted, unnecessary sequel..."
ENCORE Episode 355: Information Literacy for the Win!
January 07, 2022 20:23 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBGuests: Seth Porter and Karen Viars of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast August 25 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-august-25th-information-literacy-for-the-win-episode-355/ "Information literacy is a life skill."
ENCORE Episode 352: More Publishing, More Problems
December 31, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBGuest: Dr. Mike Filler of Georgia Tech. First broadcast July 28 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-july-28th-more-publishing-more-problems-episode-352/ "Let's start with the good news first."
Encore of Episode 352: More Publishing, More Problems
December 31, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBGuest: Dr. Mike Filler of Georgia Tech. First broadcast July 28 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-july-28th-more-publishing-more-problems-episode-352/ "Let's start with the good news first."
LITSmas 2021
December 24, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutes - 55.8 MBFirst broadcast December 24 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36848 "If pop culture says it, it must be true."
ENCORE Episode 351: Trust But Verify
December 17, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBGuest: Matt Spitzer of The Center for Open Science. First broadcast July 21 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-july-21st-trust-but-verify-episode-351/ "Repetition is reassuring because it implies that there is a recognizable something."
Episode 508: 50 Years of Science Fiction
December 10, 2021 20:00 - 59 minutes - 60.9 MBGuests: Dr. Lisa Yaszek of the School of Literature, Media, and Culture at Georgia Tech, Grace Agnew of Rutgers University Libraries, and Catherine Manci of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast December 10 2021. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36776 "Pew pew pew!"
Episode 507: Down by the Grove
December 03, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBGuest: Mack Freeman, Head of Public Services at the Georgia Tech Library Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=36718 "There is still growth that happens [in the library], and that experience is worthwhile. We get to be a part of that, and that's really special."
ENCORE Episode 089: Research
November 26, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutes - 76.6 MBGuests: The Doshi & Reddy Butalla crew, JJ O'Brien, Jonathan Walker, and April Rogers First broadcast November 25 2011. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36660 "Research is an essential part of any kind of task."
Episode 506: The Museum of Obsolete Library Science
November 19, 2021 20:00 - 59 minutes - 70.6 MBGuest: John Lindaman of the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Met. First broadcast November 19 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36658 "It's not that much of a passion, actually."
Episode 505: Can Pirates Build a Bridge Over the Knowledge Access Gap?
November 12, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBGuest: Bodó Balázs, Associate Professor at University of Amsterdam, Institute for Information Law First broadcast on Nov 12, 2021 Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=36605 "An illegal download is not a lost sale."
Episode 504: Libraryland Inspiration
November 05, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 70.1 MBFirst broadcast on November 5 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36540 "I'm just not feeling it."
ENCORE Episode 350: Disrupting Mainstream History
October 29, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 54.7 MBGuests: Itza Carbajal (UT Austin School of Information), Sine Hwang Jensen (UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library), Irina Rogova (U Richmond library) & Jessea Young (Loyola Marymount U library). First broadcast July 14 2017 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-july-14th-disrupting-mainstream-history-episode-350/ "Librarianship and archivy should be radical."
Episode 503: Getting on my CASE: Librarians and the CASE Act
October 22, 2021 18:00 - 59 minutes - 96.2 MBGuest: Kate Dickson, UNCC Library Broadcast October 22, 2021 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36447 "We still don't know how this is going to play out, and what the rules are going to be." Image credit: David Wagner, CC-0 (public domain)
ENCORE Episode 348: The Human Library
October 15, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 55.5 MBFirst broadcast June 23 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-23rd-the-human-library-episode-348/ "Fred said it was trademarked."
Episode 502: On the Trip
October 08, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBGuest: Gideon Marcus of Galactic Journey. First broadcast October 8 2021 and 1966. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36323 "Are you a traveler of both time and space?"
ENCORE Episode 347: 129,864,880
October 01, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 55.7 MBGuest: Laura Burtle, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communications and Digital Library Services at GSU First broadcast June 16 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-16th-129864880-episode-347/ "I realized libraries need lawyers."
ENCORE Episode 346: "The Freedome Library"
September 24, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBGuests: Coston Dickenson and Andres, graduate students in the Georgia Tech College of Design. First broadcast June 09 2017 Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/2017/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-9th-the-freedome-library-episode-346/
ENCORE Episode 345: Squaring the Circle
September 17, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBFirst broadcast June 2 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-2nd-squaring-the-circle-episode-345/ "I can sacrifice some of my values..."
Episode 501: The Fossil Librarian
September 10, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 84 MBGuest: Kallie Moore, Collections Manager at the University of Montana Paleontology Center, and host of PBS's "Eons". First broadcast Sept 10, 2021. Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=36161 "To this day, my life revolves around ancient life and things that have been dead for millenia." Image credit: University of Montana
Episode 500: The End of the Line
September 03, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 66.9 MBFirst broadcast September 3 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36103 "I understand that I'm being deposed."
Episode 499: Recruiting from Retail
August 27, 2021 20:52 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBGuests: Tina Erikson, Jessica Glomb and Max Maller from the University of Chicago Library Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/2021/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-aug-27-recruiting-from-retail-episode-499/ Originally broadcast Aug 27, 2021 Image credit: jrissman via Wikimedia commons, CC-BY-SA
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 499: Recruiting from Retail
August 27, 2021 20:52 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBGuests: Tina Erikson, Jessica Glomb and Max Maller from the University of Chicago Library Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/2021/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-aug-27-recruiting-from-retail-episode-499/ Originally broadcast Aug 27, 2021. Image credit: jrissman via Wikimedia commons, CC-BY-SA
Episode 498: Books in a Blender
August 20, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 57.2 MBGuest: Mark Herschberg First broadcast August 20 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35992 "We're going to take what is in the book, blow it out from the pages..."
Episode 497: The Unbearable Uncertainty of Classics
August 13, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 45.4 MBFirst broadcast August 13 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35990 "Many people were surprised that the book Goodnight Moon wasn’t on the list."
ENCORE of Episode 344: Engineering the Hidden Library
August 06, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 100 MB"When our service stops being hidden, it means that we are not doing something well." Guests: Alexis Linoski and Sonya Slutskaya of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast May 19, 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/05/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-may-19th-engineering-the-hidden-library-episode-344/
Episode 496: Standing Together
July 30, 2021 18:00 - 58 minutes - 90.8 MBimage from LEO - AFT Local 6244 Guest: Colleen Marquis, University of Michigan, Flint First broadcast July 30, 2021 Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35940 "Being in a union together will just make it easier for us to advocate for one another, and to communicate and be in solidarity together."
Episode 495: Retractions
July 23, 2021 18:00 - 59 minutes - 93.6 MBGuest: Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch First broadcast July 23, 2021 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35917 "We were off by an order of magnitude in the number of retractions we thought there were."
Episode 494: A Cure for the Summertime Blues
July 16, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 71.7 MBFirst broadcast July 16 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35901 "Which, if I may be frank, was a mixed bag at best."
ENCORE Episode 343: The Interplanetary File System
July 09, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 77.5 MBGuest: Matt Zumwalt of Protocol Labs. First broadcast May 12 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/05/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-may-12th-the-interplanetary-file-system-episode-343/ "I feel like there should be an echo effect."
Episode 493: Telling the Technical Services Story
July 02, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 61.5 MBGuest: Kimberley Edwards and Tricia Mackenzie of George Mason University Libraries. First broadcast July 2 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35852 "What part of your library department could use some better PR?"
ENCORE Episode 342: The Diversity Paradigm
June 25, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 54.8 MBGuest: David James Hudson of the University of Guelph. First broadcast May 5 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/05/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-may-5th-the-diversity-paradigm-episode-342/ "I had to look at how library and information studies talk about race."
Episode 492: That Really Sticks in my Craw
June 18, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 96.3 MBimage by popcornarts, CC-BY, via the Noun Project First broadcast on June 18, 2021 Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35823 "I'm already feeling the pressure rising into my craw."
Episode 491: Atlanta Eats
June 04, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutes - 52.9 MBGuest: Amanda Plumb First broadcast June 11 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35798 "What restaurant says 'Atlanta' to you?"
Episode 490: After the Rain
May 28, 2021 19:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBFirst broadcast May 28 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35729 "And normally I'm an optimist..."
Episode 489: Atomic Tunes
May 21, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 42.9 MBGuests: Tim and Joanna Smolko of UGA. First broadcast May 21 2021. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35727 "Hey, these are all Cold War songs!"
Episode 488: Who Invented Oscar Wilde?
May 14, 2021 20:00 - 59 minutes - 80.3 MBGuest: David Newhoff, author of Who Invented Oscar Wilde? The Photograph at the Center of Modern American Copyright, and author of the blog The Illusion of More. First broadcast May 14, 2021. Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35723 "That tension began from the moment that photography became available...is this just a mechanical tool that records facts, or is there something expressive that the photographer does?"
Episode 487: Empathy Bytes VIP
April 30, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBGuests: The Empathy Bytes VIP students First broadcast April 30 2021. Transcript; Playlist "It's a win all around!"
ENCORE Episode 340: Smart Cities, Smart Libraries
April 23, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBPart 1 of the Smart Cities series. Guest: Dr. Gabriel Morley of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. First broadcast April 14 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/04/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-april-14th-smart-cities-smart-libraries-episode-340/ "Think about how the library integrates into the community."
Episode 486: Assessment as Craft
April 16, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 96.5 MBImage: Patrick Lindenberg via Unsplash First broadcast April 16, 2021 Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35667 "What is the difference between use and re-use? We've debated this literally for years..."
ENCORE Episode 339: You Better Run to the City of Data Refuge
April 09, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBPlaylist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/04/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-april-7th-you-better-run-to-the-city-of-data-refuge-episode-339/ First broadcast April 7 2017. "We like data here at Lost in the Stacks."
Episode 485: New Metadata, New Librarian
April 02, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 96.1 MBimage: cea +, CC-BY 2.0, via wikimedia commons First broadcast April 2, 2021 Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35626 "A lot of our resources are described in data silos...We are definitely trying to get away from that model"
Episode 484: Goodreads Must Be Destroyed (?)
March 26, 2021 19:30 - 59 minutes - 56.9 MBImage by Mary Harrsch First broadcast March 26 2021. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2021/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-march-26th-goodreads-must-be-destroyed-episode-484/ "Heavy-metal voice."
ENCORE Episode 338: Copyright Hawks and Doves
March 19, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBGuest: David Lowery of Cracker. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/56654 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-march-31st-copyright-hawks-and-doves-episode-338/ First broadcast March 31 2017. "I am a copyright jackalope."
ENCORE of Episode 337: Bibliometrics, Yay-Hoo!
March 12, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBEncore of episode first broadcast March 17, 2017. Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/2018/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-august-10-2018-bibliometrics-yay-hoo-encore-of-episode-337/ "The best way to truly understand anything is to talk with someone from Oklahoma."
Episode 483: A Piece of News
March 05, 2021 20:00 - 59 minutes - 57.9 MBGuest: Kim Stanley Robinson First broadcast March 5 2021. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35537 "They really want to talk. They want to tell you their story!"
ENCORE Episode 336: The Liberated Archive
February 26, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBGuest: Itza Carbajal of the Liberated Archive Forum planning committee. First broadcast March 10 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-march-10th-the-liberated-archive-episode-336/ "My theory is that Fred and Ameet and Charlie all secretly want to be archivists."