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ENCORE Episode 452: In the Year 2020

First 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."

Jan 1, 20211h 1m

Ep 478LITSmas 2020

First broadcast December 25 2020. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35332

Dec 25, 202059 min

ENCORE Episode 451: LITSmas 2019, LITS Go To The Movies

First broadcast December 20 2019. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32869 "If you think you've discovered something, please don't steal it."

Dec 18, 20201h 1m

ENCORE of LITSMAS 2018

Our fourth holiday special (back in 2018) was different than we expected but still full of LITSmas cheer!

Dec 11, 202059 min

Ep 477Episode 477: Controlled Digital Lending

First broadcast December 4 2020. Transcript, Playlist "Because free information is rarely free of obligation."

Dec 4, 202059 min

ENCORE Episode 209: "Expunge Your Digital History"

Part 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!"

Nov 27, 20201h 0m

Episode 476: Human-Centered Research

image: 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 trauma in the researchers themselves."

Nov 20, 20201h 0m

Episode 475: Breaking Up With Print Periodicals

Guest: 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."

Nov 13, 20201h 5m

ENCORE Episode 208: "What Are You Reading?"

Part 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?"

Nov 6, 202059 min

Ep 474Episode 474: Metadata of the Dead II: FrankenData

Guest: Robin Fay (georgiawebgurl) First broadcast October 30 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35157 "Dark."

Oct 30, 202059 min

ENCORE Episode 207: The NSA Show

Part 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."

Oct 23, 20201h 0m

ENCORE Episode 206: Metadata's Evil Twin

Part 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

Oct 16, 20201h 0m

Ep 473Episode 473: The Leiden Manifesto

image: 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."

Oct 9, 202058 min

Episode 472: The African American Struggle for Library Equality

Guest: 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."

Oct 2, 20201h 2m

ENCORE Episode 205: "Metadata is Important!"

Part 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

Sep 25, 202059 min

Episode 471: Doomscrolling

Image 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..."

Sep 18, 20201h 0m

ENCORE Episode 204: "What Does Google Really Want?"

Part 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

Sep 11, 202059 min

Ep 470Episode 470: Nostalgia and Late Capitalism

First broadcast September 4 2020. Transcript; Playlist "Who came up with the theme for this episode?"

Sep 8, 202059 min

ENCORE Episode 203: "Google Books & Libraries"

Part 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

Aug 28, 202058 min

Episode 469: The Distant Reader, or: How to Read Lots and Lots and Lots of Books

Guest: 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."

Aug 21, 20201h 0m

Ep 313ENCORE Episode 313: Data as Packet-Switching Glitch Art

Part 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."

Aug 14, 20201h 0m

ENCORE Episode 312: Data Driven Decisions

Part 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?"

Aug 7, 20201h 1m

Ep 468Episode 468: Bodies on the Line

Guest: 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."

Jul 31, 202059 min

ENCORE Episode 311: Data as Wood

Part 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?"

Jul 24, 202059 min

ENCORE Episode 310: Statistical Significance

Part 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."

Jul 17, 202059 min

Episode 467: Virtually Leading the Academic Library

Guests: 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."

Jul 10, 20201h 1m

ENCORE Episode 309: Data Librarianship: Naked and Afraid

Part 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."

Jul 3, 202059 min

Episode 466: The Public Programming and Community Engagement Specialist

Guest: 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."

Jun 26, 202058 min

ENCORE Episode 323: Question My Authority II: Peer Review

Guest: 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?'"

Jun 19, 20201h 0m

Episode 465: GLAM-orizing Your Travel Plans

Guests: 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."

Jun 12, 20201h 3m

Encore of episode 315: Question My Authority

Guest: 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."

Jun 5, 202058 min

Ep 464Episode 464: Data Murmuration

image 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."

May 29, 20201h 4m

ENCORE Episode 424: An Archive of Planet Earth

Guest: 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."

May 22, 20201h 2m

Ep 463Episode 463: Open Syllabus

Guest: Joe Karaganis of Open Syllabus First broadcast May 15 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=34544 "Then it's definitely syllabi."

May 15, 20201h 0m

Ep 462Episode 462: 2020 AF

In 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!"

May 1, 202059 min

ENCORE Episode 358: The American Music Show

Guest: 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?"

Apr 24, 20201h 0m

ENCORE Episode 366: Homestar Runner, Gone in a Flash

Guests: 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."

Apr 17, 20201h 1m

ENCORE Episode 280: Spoti-FIGHT! Part III: Return of the Revenge of the Independent Artist

Part 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."

Apr 10, 20201h 1m

ENCORE Episode 265: SpotiFIGHT! II: In the Ring

Guest: 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?"

Apr 3, 20201h 1m

ENCORE Episode 254: SpotiFIGHT!

Part 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..."

Mar 27, 20201h 0m

ENCORE Episode 399: Our Catalogs, Ourselves

Guests: 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..."

Mar 20, 20201h 1m

Ep 461Episode 461: Artist in Residence

Guest: 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."

Mar 13, 202059 min

Ep 180Encore of Episode 180: Open Access and its Enemies

Part 2 of OPEN ACCESS Guest: Britt Holbrook of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech First Broadcast on October 18th, 2013 Playlist

Mar 6, 202059 min

Ep 460Episode 460: Open as a Process

photo by ijclark Guests: Simon Bowie, Kevin Sanders, and Emily Nunn First broadcast February 28 2020. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-28th-open-as-a-process-episode-460/ "Perhaps academia could "get a free thing going."

Feb 28, 20201h 3m

Ep 459Episode 459: From Embedded To Rooted

First broadcast February 21 2020. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62468 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-21st-from-embedded-to-rooted-episode-459/ "Where would we be without library jargon?"

Feb 21, 20201h 0m

Ep 458Episode 458: Multimodal Information Literacy

First broadcast February 14 2020. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62467; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-14th-multimodal-information-literacy-episode-458/ "Finding that subtext inside of which way an arrow's pointing in the graph."

Feb 14, 20201h 0m

Ep 457Episode 457: Libraries as Convivial Spaces

Guest: Oscar Gittemeier of the Fulton County Library System and Sandjar Kozubaev of Georgia Tech. First broadcast February 7 2020. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62431; Playlist TK "I've recently learned from our guests that the word convivial has a different interpretation than what I thought."

Feb 7, 20201h 1m

Episode 456: #DoNoHarm

https://www.flickr.com/photos/daniel_friedman/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Guest: Robin Fay First broadcast January 31 2020. Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62410 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-31st-donoharm-episode-456/ "Good gracious Ignatius!"

Jan 31, 20201h 0m

Ep 455Episode 455: Ten Years, Man! TEN YEARS

First broadcast January 24 2020. Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62409 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-24th-ten-years-man-ten-years-episode-455/ "So I get to say the show title too? I'm excited."

Jan 24, 20201h 1m

Ep 454Episode 454: The Rise of Populism and the Fall(?) of Open Access

Guest: Richard Poynder First broadcast January 17 2020. Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62408 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-17th-the-rise-of-populism-and-the-fall-of-open-access-episode-454/ "Is that naïve and simple?"

Jan 17, 20201h 0m