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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Episode 482: The CatalogUing Code of Ethics
February 19, 2021 18:38 - 59 minutes - 57.2 MBGuests: Beth Shoemaker from Emory University and Karen Snow from Dominican University, co-chairs of the Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee. First broadcast February 19 2021. Transcript; Playlist "A cataloger can censor a book with a few keystrokes."
Episode 481: In Concert
February 05, 2021 20:00 - 59 minutes - 51.8 MBGuest: Prof. Philip Auslander of Georgia Tech. First broadcast February 5 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35449 "I miss live music."
ENCORE Episode 334: Preserving Decision-Making Data
January 29, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBPart 2 of DIGITAL RESILIENCE Guest: Mary Molinaro of the Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-17th-preserving-decision-making-data-episode-334/ First broadcast February 17 2017. "Did you figure it out? Of course you didn’t. You don’t have any data."
Episode 480: AI on the Bias
January 22, 2021 20:00 - 59 minutes - 63 MBGuest: Dr. Ayanna Howard of Georgia Tech. First broadcast on January 22, 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35415 "Don't think about Skynet."
Episode 333: A Digital Dark Age
January 15, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBPart 1 of DIGITAL RESILIENCE Guest: Richard Whitt of Google. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-10th-a-digital-dark-age-episode-333/ First broadcast February 10 2017. "DUNT dun dun!"
Episode 479: 2021
January 08, 2021 22:00 - 59 minutes - 50.4 MBFirst broadcast January 8 2021. Transcript, Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35345 "What happened? 2020, that's what happened."
ENCORE Episode 452: In the Year 2020
January 01, 2021 21:01 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBFirst broadcast January 3 2020. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-3rd-in-the-year-2020-episode-452/ "I am an optimist."
LITSmas 2020
December 25, 2020 22:00 - 59 minutes - 101 MBFirst broadcast December 25 2020. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35332
ENCORE Episode 451: LITSmas 2019, LITS Go To The Movies
December 18, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBFirst broadcast December 20 2019. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32869 "If you think you’ve discovered something, please don’t steal it."
ENCORE of LITSMAS 2018
December 11, 2020 22:00 - 59 minutes - 83.3 MBOur fourth holiday special (back in 2018) was different than we expected but still full of LITSmas cheer!
Episode 477: Controlled Digital Lending
December 04, 2020 22:00 - 59 minutes - 35.7 MBFirst broadcast December 4 2020. Transcript, Playlist "Because free information is rarely free of obligation."
ENCORE Episode 209: "Expunge Your Digital History"
November 27, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBPart 3 of SURVEILLANCE AND BIG BRO Guest: Jean-François Blanchette of UCLA. First broadcast May 23 2014. Playlist at http://bit.ly/1lIWcef "I didn't post that stuff, someone else did!"
Episode 476: Human-Centered Research
November 20, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 98.2 MBimage: Cover of Code for America's Qualitative Research Practice Guide Guests: Aditi Joshi, Code for America Senior Qualitative Researcher, and Rebecca Blakiston, User Experience Strategist and Associate Librarian at the University of Arizona Libraries Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35248 First broadcast Nov 20, 2020 "It's really important to recognize the intense emotions that research participants might be undergoing, and also the ways that creates vicarious tra...
Episode 475: Breaking Up With Print Periodicals
November 13, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBGuest: Stuart Gaetjens, Coordinator of Technical Services at the Volpe Library, Tennessee Tech University Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35217 First broadcast Nov 13, 2020 "Results were dramatic, and even worse than expected."
Lost in the Stacks, episode 475: Breaking Up With Print Periodicals
November 13, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBGuest: Stuart Gaetjens, Coordinatory of Technical Services at the Volpe Library, Tennessee Tech University Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35217 First broadcast Nov 13, 2020 "Results were dramatic, and even worse than expected."
ENCORE Episode 208: "What Are You Reading?"
November 06, 2020 22:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBPart 2 of SURVEILLANCE AND BIG BRO Guests: Karen Glover & Stella Richardson of the Georgia Tech Library and Denita Hampton of the Georgia State University Library. First broadcast on May 16 2014. Playlist at http://bit.ly/QQVpPT "Who wants the information you have about patrons?"
Episode 474: Metadata of the Dead II: FrankenData
October 30, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 56.5 MBGuest: Robin Fay (georgiawebgurl) First broadcast October 30 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35157 "Dark."
ENCORE Episode 207: The NSA Show
October 23, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBPart 1 of SURVEILLANCE AND BIG BRO Guest: Dr. Aaron Santesso of Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Media, and Communication. First broadcast May 9 2014. Playlist available at http://bit.ly/1hCOh0F "Please try to collect all the information you can and make sure nothing bad happens."
ENCORE Episode 206: Metadata's Evil Twin
October 16, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBPart 4 of JUST GOOGLE IT A discussion of Dave Egger's THE CIRCLE (McSweeneys 2013). First broadcast May 2 2014. Playlist available at http://bit.ly/1rNn9Rr
Episode 473: The Leiden Manifesto
October 09, 2020 21:00 - 58 minutes - 95.5 MBimage: still from Leiden Manifesto video produced by Kindea Labs Guest: Dr Diana Hicks, Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, and lead author of the Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics http://www.leidenmanifesto.org/. Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35069 First broadcast Oct 9, 2020 "These numbers do have consequences."
Episode 472: The African American Struggle for Library Equality
October 02, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBGuest: Dr Aisha Johnson, archivist and professor at NC Central University, and author of The African American Struggle for Library Equality: The Untold Story of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program (2019, Rowman & Littefield). Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35035 First broadcast Oct 2, 2020 "I'll still do my research in the stacks, because that's where the truth lives."
ENCORE Episode 205: "Metadata is Important!"
September 25, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBPart 3 of JUST GOOGLE IT Guest: Greer Martin of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and University of Georgia Libraries First broadcast April 25 2014. Playlist available at http://bit.ly/1ijDUD5
Episode 471: Doomscrolling
September 18, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 96 MBImage graphics by FMF design, i cons, and Fahmi. From Noun Project. Creative Commons CC-BY. First broadcast Sept 18, 2020 Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=34908 "I suspect anthropologists will look back to this time and say that the invention of the infinite scroll was a pivotal moment in human evolution..."
ENCORE Episode 204: "What Does Google Really Want?"
September 11, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBPart 2 of JUST GOOGLE IT Guest: Dr. Ian Bogost of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. First broadcast April 18 2014. Playlist available at http://bit.ly/1leBqJ1
Episode 470: Nostalgia and Late Capitalism
September 08, 2020 17:18 - 59 minutes - 82.8 MBFirst broadcast September 4 2020. Transcript; Playlist "Who came up with the theme for this episode?"
ENCORE Episode 203: "Google Books & Libraries"
August 28, 2020 21:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBPart 1 of JUST GOOGLE IT Guest: Kevin Smith of the Office of Copyright and Scholarly Communication at Duke University. First broadcast on April 11 2014. Playlist at http://bit.ly/1ehIgun
Episode 469: The Distant Reader, or: How to Read Lots and Lots and Lots of Books
August 21, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBGuest: Eric Lease Morgan, Librarian at University of Notre Dame and original creator of https://distantreader.org/ First broadcast AUG 21, 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=34774 “The Distant Reader is a tool that enhances your ability to consume, read, understand, analyze a large corpora of...STUFF.”
ENCORE Episode 313: Data as Packet-Switching Glitch Art
August 14, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBPart 5 of DATA RULES Guest: Joelle Dietrick of Davidson College. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-august-5th-2016-data-as-packet-switching-glitch-art-episode-313/ First broadcast August 5 2016. "Sometimes I find the most interesting moment in my research is when I have a chance encounter with something I wasn't expecting."
ENCORE Episode 312: Data Driven Decisions
August 07, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBPart 4 of DATA RULES Guest: Marlee Givens of the Georgia Tech Library Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-july-29th-2016-data-driven-decisions-episode-312/ First broadcast on July 29 2016. "Aren't we using data whenever we make decisions?"
Episode 468: Bodies on the Line
July 31, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 83.6 MBGuest: Joshua Weitz of Georgia Tech. First broadcast July 31 2020. Transcripthttp://hdl.handle.net/1853/63100 "Part of that is to be more informed about the real-time risk."
ENCORE Episode 311: Data as Wood
July 24, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 56.1 MBPart 3 of DATA RULES Guest: Nicholas Felton of Feltron. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-los…wood-episode-311/ First broadcast on July 22 2016. "Did you say 'data as wood'? Like trees?"
ENCORE Episode 310: Statistical Significance
July 17, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 56 MBPart 2 of DATA RULES Guest: Dr. Pete Ludovice of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-july-15th-2016-statistical-significance-episode-310/ First broadcast July 15 2016. "Sounds important; I don't know why."
Episode 467: Virtually Leading the Academic Library
July 10, 2020 16:30 - 1 hour - 102 MBGuests: Leslie Sharp, Dean of Libraries at Georgia Tech Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries & University Librarian at UNC-Chapel Hill Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, Dean of Dacus Library and Pettus Archives & Special Collections, Winthrop University. Transcript; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=34647 First broadcast July 10, 2020 "I'm not concerned about what I can't do, I'm concerned about what I can do."
ENCORE Episode 309: Data Librarianship: Naked and Afraid
July 03, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 56 MBPart 1 of DATA RULES Guest: Dr. Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh of Georgia State University Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-july-8th-2016-data-librarianship-naked-and-afraid-episode-309/ First broadcast July 8 2016 "I will be stupid for you."
Episode 466: The Public Programming and Community Engagement Specialist
June 26, 2020 21:00 - 58 minutes - 81.9 MBGuest: Catherine Manci, Public Programming and Community Engagement Specialist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast June 26 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=34623 "Sounds like a big job."
ENCORE Episode 323: Question My Authority II: Peer Review
June 19, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBGuest: Mike Filler of Georgia Tech's School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. First broadcast October 28 2016. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/10/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-october-28th-2016-question-my-authority-ii-peer-review-episode-323/ "As scientists, we shouldn't be thinking 'How do I get this into a journal?'"
Episode 465: GLAM-orizing Your Travel Plans
June 12, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBGuests: Tamara Livingston of Museums, Archives and Rare Books at Kennesaw State University, Angela Stanley with Georgia HomePLACE, and Cheryl Hargrove of the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Explore Georgia First broadcast June 12, 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=34604 "Cultural heritage tourism...is traveling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present."
Encore of episode 315: Question My Authority
June 05, 2020 21:00 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBGuest: Liz Holdsworth of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast August 26 2016 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-august-26th-2016-question-my-authority-episode-315/ "Please tell me that was originally like that."
Episode 464: Data Murmuration
May 29, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 89.4 MBimage by Tony Armstrong-Sly Guest: Ben Fino-Radin of Small Data Industries First broadcast May 29 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=34584 "Through the magic of physics and biology, the bird cloud maintains consensus."
ENCORE Episode 424: An Archive of Planet Earth
May 22, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBGuest: Nova Spivack of Arch Mission Foundation. First broadcast May 17 2019. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2019/05/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-may-17th-an-archive-of-planet-earth-episode-424/ "All archives grapple with questions of what to preserve."
Episode 463: Open Syllabus
May 15, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBGuest: Joe Karaganis of Open Syllabus First broadcast May 15 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=34544 "Then it's definitely syllabi."
Episode 462: 2020 AF
May 01, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 83.8 MBIn our first attempt at a totally home-recorded episode, we discuss how libraries and archives are handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Transcript First broadcast May 1st 2020. "I can't say it on command!"
ENCORE Episode 358: The American Music Show
April 24, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBGuest: Randy Gue of Emory Libraries. First broadcast September 22 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-september-22nd-fossils-in-glorious-3d-episode-357/ "What is it about?"
ENCORE Episode 366: Homestar Runner, Gone in a Flash
April 17, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBGuests: The Brothers Chaps of Homestar Runner. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/12/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-december-15th-homestar-runner-gone-in-a-flash-episode-366/ First broadcast December 15 2017. "We wanted to tell some people some funny stuff, and video was not an option."
ENCORE Episode 280: Spoti-FIGHT! Part III: Return of the Revenge of the Independent Artist
April 10, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBPart 3 of the Spoti-FIGHT! series Guests: David Lowery, musician with Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker; author at Trichordist, instructor in Music Business at University of Georgia. First broadcast November 20, 2015. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2015/11/13222/ “I'm in a Spoti-fight, but I don't know exactly how I ended up there.”
ENCORE Episode 265: SpotiFIGHT! II: In the Ring
April 03, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBGuest: Brett Netson First broadcast July 17 2015. Playlist at http://www.wrek.org/?p=12423 "Which one is okay with their stuff being on YouTube or Spotify?"
ENCORE Episode 254: SpotiFIGHT!
March 27, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBPart 2 of AMEET VS NYAN CAT First broadcast April 24 2015. Playlist at http://www.wrek.org/?p=11955 "If anyone remembers when Apple decided to put U2 on your device..."
ENCORE Episode 399: Our Catalogs, Ourselves
March 20, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBGuests: Sonya Slutskaya and Marlee Givens of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast October 19 2018. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2018/10/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-october-19th-our-catalogs-ourselves-episode-399/ "That's since been revised..."
Episode 461 "Artist in Residence"
March 13, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 83 MBGuest: Kevin Titzer, Artist First broadcast March 13, 2020 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-march-13th-artist-in-residence-episode-461/ "I"m more interested in other people's interpretations, and other people's stories."
Episode 461: Artist in Residence
March 13, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 83 MBGuest: Kevin Titzer, Artist First broadcast March 13, 2020 Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-march-13th-artist-in-residence-episode-461/ "I"m more interested in other people's interpretations, and other people's stories."