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ENCORE Episode 355: Information Literacy for the Win!

Guests: 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."

Jan 7, 20221h 0m

ENCORE Episode 352: More Publishing, More Problems

Guest: 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."

Dec 31, 20211h 0m

Ep 509LITSmas 2021

First broadcast December 24 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36848 "If pop culture says it, it must be true."

Dec 24, 202157 min

Ep 351ENCORE Episode 351: Trust But Verify

Guest: 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."

Dec 17, 20211h 1m

Ep 508Episode 508: 50 Years of Science Fiction

Guests: 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!"

Dec 10, 202159 min

Episode 507: Down by the Grove

Guest: Mack Freeman, Head of Public Services at the Georgia Tech Library Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/65528; 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."

Dec 3, 20211h 0m

ENCORE Episode 089: Research

Guests: 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."

Nov 26, 202157 min

Ep 506Episode 506: The Museum of Obsolete Library Science

Guest: John Lindaman of the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Met. First broadcast November 19 2021. Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/65527; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36658 "It's not that much of a passion, actually."

Nov 19, 202159 min

Episode 505: Can Pirates Build a Bridge Over the Knowledge Access Gap?

Guest: 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."

Nov 12, 20211h 0m

Ep 504Episode 504: Libraryland Inspiration

First broadcast on November 5 2021. Transcript: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/65421; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36540 "I'm just not feeling it."

Nov 5, 202159 min

ENCORE Episode 350: Disrupting Mainstream History

Guests: 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."

Oct 29, 202158 min

Episode 503: Getting on my CASE: Librarians and the CASE Act

Guest: Kate Dickson, UNCC Library Broadcast October 22, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/65393 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)

Oct 22, 202159 min

ENCORE Episode 348: The Human Library

First 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."

Oct 15, 202159 min

Ep 502Episode 502: On the Trip

Guest: Gideon Marcus of Galactic Journey. First broadcast October 8 2021 and 1966. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36323 "Are you a traveler of both time and space?"

Oct 8, 20211h 0m

ENCORE Episode 347: 129,864,880

Guest: 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."

Oct 1, 202159 min

ENCORE Episode 346: "The Freedome Library"

Guests: 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/

Sep 24, 20211h 1m

ENCORE Episode 345: Squaring the Circle

First 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..."

Sep 17, 20211h 0m

Episode 501: The Fossil Librarian

Guest: Kallie Moore, Collections Manager at the University of Montana Paleontology Center, and host of PBS's "Eons". First broadcast Sept 10, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64931 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

Sep 10, 20211h 0m

Ep 500Episode 500: The End of the Line

First broadcast September 3 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64930 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36103 "I understand that I'm being deposed."

Sep 3, 202158 min

Lost in the Stacks, Episode 499: Recruiting from Retail

Guests: Tina Erikson, Jessica Glomb and Max Maller from the University of Chicago Library Transcript: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64929 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

Aug 27, 20211h 0m

Ep 498Episode 498: Books in a Blender

Guest: Mark Herschberg First broadcast August 20 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64922 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35992 "We're going to take what is in the book, blow it out from the pages..."

Aug 20, 202159 min

Episode 497: The Unbearable Uncertainty of Classics

First broadcast August 13 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64921 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35990 "Many people were surprised that the book Goodnight Moon wasn't on the list."

Aug 13, 202158 min

ENCORE of Episode 344: Engineering the Hidden Library

"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/

Aug 6, 20211h 1m

Episode 496: Standing Together

image from LEO - AFT Local 6244 Guest: Colleen Marquis, University of Michigan, Flint First broadcast July 30, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64912 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."

Jul 30, 202158 min

Episode 495: Retractions

Guest: Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch First broadcast July 23, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64911 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."

Jul 23, 202159 min

Ep 494Episode 494: A Cure for the Summertime Blues

First broadcast July 16 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64910 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35901 "Which, if I may be frank, was a mixed bag at best."

Jul 16, 202159 min

ENCORE Episode 343: The Interplanetary File System

Guest: 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."

Jul 9, 202159 min

Ep 493Episode 493: Telling the Technical Services Story

Guest: Kimberley Edwards and Tricia Mackenzie of George Mason University Libraries. First broadcast July 2 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64901 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35852 "What part of your library department could use some better PR?"

Jul 2, 202159 min

ENCORE Episode 342: The Diversity Paradigm

Guest: 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."

Jun 25, 202158 min

Episode 492: That Really Sticks in my Craw

image by popcornarts, CC-BY, via the Noun Project First broadcast on June 18, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64824 Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35823 "I'm already feeling the pressure rising into my craw."

Jun 18, 202159 min

Episode 491: Atlanta Eats

Guest: Amanda Plumb First broadcast June 11 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64543 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35798 "What restaurant says 'Atlanta' to you?"

Jun 4, 202159 min

Ep 490Episode 490: After the Rain

First broadcast May 28 2021. Transcript: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64542 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35729 "And normally I'm an optimist..."

May 28, 202157 min

Episode 489: Atomic Tunes

Guests: 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!"

May 21, 202158 min

Episode 488: Who Invented Oscar Wilde?

Guest: 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?"

May 14, 202159 min

Ep 487Episode 487: Empathy Bytes VIP

Guests: The Empathy Bytes VIP students First broadcast April 30 2021. Transcript; Playlist "It's a win all around!"

Apr 30, 20211h 1m

ENCORE Episode 340: Smart Cities, Smart Libraries

Part 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."

Apr 23, 20211h 2m

Episode 486: Assessment as Craft

Image: 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..."

Apr 16, 20211h 1m

ENCORE Episode 339: You Better Run to the City of Data Refuge

Playlist 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."

Apr 9, 20211h 1m

Episode 485: New Metadata, New Librarian

image: 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"

Apr 2, 202158 min

Episode 484: Goodreads Must Be Destroyed (?)

Image 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."

Mar 26, 202159 min

ENCORE Episode 338: Copyright Hawks and Doves

Guest: 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."

Mar 19, 20211h 3m

Ep 337ENCORE of Episode 337: Bibliometrics, Yay-Hoo!

Encore 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."

Mar 12, 20211h 0m

Ep 483Episode 483: A Piece of News

Guest: 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!"

Mar 5, 202159 min

ENCORE Episode 336: The Liberated Archive

Guest: 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."

Feb 26, 20211h 1m

Ep 4892Episode 482: The CatalogUing Code of Ethics

Guests: 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."

Feb 19, 202159 min

Episode 481: In Concert

Guest: Prof. Philip Auslander of Georgia Tech. First broadcast February 5 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35449 "I miss live music."

Feb 5, 202159 min

ENCORE Episode 334: Preserving Decision-Making Data

Part 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."

Jan 29, 20211h 0m

Ep 480Episode 480: AI on the Bias

Guest: 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."

Jan 22, 202159 min

Ep 333Episode 333: A Digital Dark Age

Part 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!"

Jan 15, 20211h 1m

Ep 479Episode 479: 2021

First broadcast January 8 2021. Transcript, Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35345 "What happened? 2020, that's what happened."

Jan 8, 202159 min