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

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

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Episode 635: The Legality of Open Access Mandates

Guest: Eric Harbeson of Authors Alliance First broadcast April 18 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77544 Playlist here Read our guest's white paper, The Legal Basis For U.S. Federal Public Access Mandates "Open access can still happen whether there's a mandate or not."

Apr 18, 202559 min

Episode 634: The Archives Reading Room

The GT Library Guidebook Part VII Guest: Jody Thompson, Assistant Dean for Archives, Records Management, and Digital Curation First broadcast April 4 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77515 Playlist here "I don't think you mean 'breaking into places' like I'm thinking."

Apr 4, 20251h 1m

Episode 633: There's an Archivist for That?!

Guest: Geoff Hetherington, Archivist and Records Analyst, Archdiocese of Atlanta. First broadcast March 28 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77514 Playlist here "I needed a job."

Mar 28, 202559 min

Uncut Interview with Leo Binkowski

Guest: Leo Binkowski, software developer and programmer. Full interview recording for episode 631.

Mar 23, 202548 min

Episode 632: This Machine Fills Metadata Fields

Guests: Presley Dyer, Metadata Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library; Wilhelmina Randtke, Head of Libraries Systems and Technologies at Georgia Southern University; and Mary Beth Weber, Head of Central Technical Services for Rutgers University Libraries. First broadcast March 21 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77465 Playlist here "We promise we won't let the robots take control of the show."

Mar 21, 202559 min

Episode 631: retroTECH in Action

Guest: Leo Binkowski, software developer and programmer First broadcast March 14 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77457 Playlist here "But I'm still working!"

Mar 14, 20251h 0m

Episode 630: Defining Skylines

Guests: Kirk Henderson, Exhibits Manager, and Connor Lynch, Exhibits Associate, of the Georgia Tech LIbrary. First broadcast March 7 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77431 Playlist here "These folks live in the Exhibits Gallery."

Mar 7, 202559 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, 20251h 0m

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, 20251h 0m

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 7, 202556 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, 202558 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, 20251h 0m

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, 20251h 0m

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, 20241h 0m

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, 202457 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 6, 202459 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, 20241h 0m

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, 202459 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 8, 20241h 0m

Ep 617Episode 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 1, 202458 min

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, 202456 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, 20241h 1m

Ep 614Episode 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 4, 202458 min

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, 20241h 1m

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, 20241h 0m

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 6, 202459 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, 20241h 0m

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, 20241h 0m

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, 20241h 2m

Ep 608Episode 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, 202458 min

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, 20241h 1m

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, 202458 min

Ep 604Episode 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, 20241h 1m

Episode 603: The Library Attrition Tracker

First broadcast May 24 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75357; Playlist here "Turn the mics off for a second. All of them."

May 24, 20241h 0m

Episode 602: Are You The Gatekeeper?

Guest: Chris Tanguay, Processing Archivist at MIT Libraries. First broadcast May 17 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75052; Playlist here "Don't bring little black clouds to work."

May 18, 202458 min

Episode 601: Instruction Assessment Check-in

Guest: Matt Frizzell, Assessment Librarian for the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast May 10 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75042 , Playlist here "We'll fix it during the first music set."

May 10, 202458 min

Episode 600: New Librarian, New Journey

Guest: Karen Manning, Engagement and Inclusion Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast April 26 2024. Transcript file at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/74946, Playlist here "She's seen some stuff with us."

Apr 26, 20241h 0m

Episode 599: Didn't You Get The Memo? Part II

Guest: Kim Powell, Research Impact Informationist, and Jennifer Townes, Open Access Librarian, at Emory University Libraries. First broadcast April 19 2024. Transcript file at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73942 Playlist here "The question is kind of 'what didn't happen?'"

Apr 19, 202457 min

Episode 598: Yes And the Classroom

Image: By Frankie Fouganthin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24499305 Guests: Professor Cameron Winter of the Georgia Tech Writing and Communication Program and Hannah Eppling of Little Characters Theater Company and Theater Delta. First broadcast April 12 2024. Transcript file at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73939; Playlist here "It's the vulnerability."

Apr 12, 20241h 2m

Episode 597: Intellectual Property Digest

Guest: Philip Burrus of the Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group in Atlanta. First broadcast March 29 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73937. Playlist here. "Its purpose was to identify The Nuge."

Mar 29, 202458 min

Episode 596: Archive Atlanta

Guest: Victoria Lemos of Archive Atlanta. First broadcast on March 15 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73832 Playlist here. "As long as they do proper research!"

Mar 15, 20241h 0m

Episode 595: Representation and Recognition

Guest: Thera Webb of MIT Libraries First broadcast on March 8 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73828 Playlist here "That was a nuclear bomb situation."

Mar 8, 20241h 1m

Ep 594Episode 594: Librarians Represent

Guest: Alex Brinson, ACRL Diversity Resident at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast March 1, 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73821 Playlist https://www.wrek.org/read/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-march-1-2024-librarians-represent-episode-594 "I know we're not supposed to talk about puppets..."

Mar 1, 202459 min

Full interview from Episode 592: What's on the Price Gilbert Windows?

Guests: Tristan Al-Haddad, owner and creative director of Formations Studio, and Gerry Chen, Phd candidate in Robotics at Georgia Tech. Recorded January 18 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73502

Feb 26, 202450 min

Episode 593: Old Friend, New Job

Guest: Wendy Hagenmaier, Software Preservation Program Manager at Yale University Library. First broadcast February 23 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73605 Playlist https://www.wrek.org/read/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-feb-23-2024-old-friend-new-job-episode-593 "I guess I came for advice."

Feb 23, 20241h 0m

Ep 592Episode 592: What's on the Price Gilbert Windows?

Guests: Tristan Al-Haddad, owner and creative director of Formations Studio, and Gerry Chen, Phd candidate in Robotics at Georgia Tech. First broadcast February 16, 2024. Transcript here: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73502 Playlist "We're going to dematerialize the library."

Feb 16, 20241h 1m

Ep 591Episode 591: Historic Harlots of Old Atlanta

Guest: Dr. Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh, head of Research Data Services at the Georgia State University Library, and creator of https://lib.gsu.edu/historicharlots First broadcast February 9 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73327 Playlist here "We'll keep it public-radio friendly, of course."

Feb 9, 202458 min

Episode 590: How to be a Liaison

Guests: Lauren Haberstock and John Knox, liaisons for the ACRL Digitial Scholarship Section. First broadcast on February 2 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73270 Playlist "I think about that question every day."

Feb 2, 202459 min

Ep 589Episode 589: Who Made That Chair?

Guests: Kevin Adams and Maria Planansky of Alfred University. First broadcast January 26 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73255 Playlist here "I knew it was going to be a bummer."

Jan 26, 20241h 1m

Ep 588Episode 588: Making Virtual Reality a Reality

Guests: Alison Valk of the Georgia Tech Library and Ximin Mi of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta about their book "Making Virtual Reality a Reality." First broadcast January 19 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73242; Playlist is here "What is reality, or virtual reality?"

Jan 19, 20241h 1m