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

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Every Friday, librarians and archivists from the Georgia Tech Library pick a theme and free-associate an hour of music, interviews, and library talk.

Charlie Bennett


    • May 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
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    • 392 EPISODES

    4.9 from 43 ratings Listeners of Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show that love the show mention: great music, academic, library, rock, check, interesting, show, guests, love.


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    The Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show podcast is an absolute gem for anyone with a love for libraries, music, and intriguing discussions. As an academic librarian myself, I find this podcast to be a treasure trove of knowledge and entertainment. Each episode offers something new and exciting, keeping me engaged throughout. The guests they bring on the show are always fascinating individuals who provide unique insights into the world of libraries. The entire crew behind the podcast is exceptional, bringing their enthusiasm and expertise to every episode. The music selection is also top-notch, covering a broad range of rock genres from oldies to contemporary bands. I particularly appreciate how they assign Library of Congress call numbers to their thematic playlists – it adds a fun twist that only academic librarians can truly appreciate.

    The best aspect of this podcast is undoubtedly the combination of music and library-related themes. It's rare to come across a show that seamlessly blends these two elements together so effectively. Whether you're a librarian or not, there's something for everyone in each episode. The discussions are informative and enlightening, offering valuable insights into various aspects of library work and research. The hosts strike the perfect balance between being entertaining and educational, making it easy for listeners to stay engaged.

    While it's challenging to find any major flaws with this podcast, one minor downside could be that it may not cater as much to those with no interest in libraries or rock music. However, even if you don't consider yourself a "library nerd," there's still plenty to enjoy here. The hosts do an excellent job of making the content accessible and relatable to a wider audience.

    In conclusion, The Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show podcast is truly one-of-a-kind. It beautifully combines music and intellectually stimulating discussions about libraries in a way that keeps listeners hooked episode after episode. Whether you're interested in librarianship, music, or simply enjoy engaging conversations, this podcast is a must-listen. The knowledgeable hosts, outstanding guests, and carefully curated playlists make for an absolute joy to listen to. I can't recommend it enough – here's to another 150 episodes and beyond!



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    Episode 640: Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 57:12


    First broadcast May 23 2025. Playlist here "Was that a content disclaimer?"

    Episode 639: Putting the A and the I in Information Literacy.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 58:04


    Guest: Sarah Morris, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement at the University of Georgia Libraries First broadcast May 16 2025. Playlist here "AI has become the elephant in the room."

    Episode 638: Remake Remodel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 59:07


    First broadcast May 9 2025. Playlist here "Libraries have always felt a little like they need to grow and change the services they offer."

    Episode 637: The INFODesk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 57:10 Transcription Available


    Guests Diann Lindsay and Mariah McCauley of the Georgia Tech Library Public Services department, discussing what goes on at the library's information desk.  First broadcast 5/2/2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77567  See the Playlist. "Welcome to the research library of the 21st Century. Your first stop will probably be the INFODesk."   

    Episode 636: How To Train Your Algorithm

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 62:00


    Guest: Dr. Christina Shivers, School of Architecture at Georgia Tech. First broadcast April 25 2025. Playlist here "This is like a split single for Lost in the Stacks."

    Episode 635: The Legality of Open Access Mandates

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 59:23


    Guest: Eric Harbeson of Authors Alliance First broadcast April 18 2025. 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."

    Episode 634: The Archives Reading Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 61:31


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 59:03


    Guest: Geoff Hetherington, Archivist and Records Analyst, Archdiocese of Atlanta. First broadcast March 28 2025. Playlist here "I needed a job."

    Uncut Interview with Leo Binkowski

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 48:36


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

    Episode 632: This Machine Fills Metadata Fields

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 59:27


    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. Playlist here "We promise we won't let the robots take control of the show."  

    Episode 631: retroTECH in Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 60:42


    Guest: Leo Binkowski, software developer and programmer First broadcast March 14 2025. Playlist here "But I'm still working!"

    Episode 630: Defining Skylines

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 59:26


    Guests: Kirk Henderson, Exhibits Manager, and Connor Lynch, Exhibits Associate, of the Georgia Tech LIbrary. First broadcast March 7 2025 Playlist here "These folks live in the Exhibits Gallery."

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    Episode 629: Into the Professional Groove

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 60:06


    Guest: Alex Brinson, Reference Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast February 28 2025. Playlist here "Is that a rut?"

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    Episode 628: Citizen Science Communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 60:30


    Guest: Dr. Megan Mericle, School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. First broadcast February 14 2025. Playlist here "So if you see a gross bug in your backyard, why not take a picture of it?

    Episode 627: The Past in the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 56:17


    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. Playlist here "Retro, meaning to them, made before 2010."

    Episode 626: The Future in the Past

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 58:52


    First broadcast January 31 2025. Playlist here "Imagine if DARE had the same philosophy!"

    Episode 625: Steering the EdTech Ship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 60:39


    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. Playlist here "I have to admit I found myself more overwhelmed than curious."

    Episode 624: Improve the Situation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 60:44


    Guest: Jordan Moore, User Experience Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast January 17 2025. Playlist here "What does 'fuss' mean in a professional context?"

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    Episode 623: LITSmas 2024 (Christmas Cooking)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 60:03


    First broadcast December 20 2024. Playlist here. "Well then, Merry Archives."

    Episode 622: Can Learning Be Affordable? And Can the Library Help?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 57:56


    Guest: Danielle Evans, Affordable Learning Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast December 13 2024. Playlist here "I think every librarian is an affordable learning librarian."

    Episode 621: The Fifth Floor But Also Everywhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 59:22


    Guest: Martin Patrick, Head of Technical Services at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast December 6 2024. Playlist here "... the most thoroughly represented – and perhaps most important, although don't tell the Dean I said so..."

    Episode 620: Whither Google Scholar?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 60:00


    First broadcast November 22 2024. Playlist here "A black box sinking below the wreckage."

    Episode 619: "Growing Art in the Georgia Tech Library"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 59:23


      Guest: Dr. Bojana Ginn, 2024 Artist-in-Residence at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast November 15 2024. Playlist here "Art can be about absolutely anything. And it can be absolutely anything."

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    Episode 618: Academic Publishing on an AI Hamster Wheel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 60:01


    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. Playlist here "I meant to say I was feeling nauseated."

    Episode 617: In the Warehouse District

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 58:35


    Guest: Nic Fann, Records Administrator at Georgia Tech. First broadcast November 1, 2024. Playlist here "It's a big building with a lot of paper in it."

    Episode 616: New Archivist, Digital Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 56:38


    Guest: Cliff Landis, Digital Curation Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast October 25 2024. Playlist "Did you get any existential dread?"

    Episode 615: The Uproar Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 61:27


    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. Playlist here "Speak out." 

    Episode 614: The Science Fiction Lounge

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 58:02


    Guest: Matt Frizzell, Assessment Librarian and Science Fiction subject specialist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast October 4 2024. Playlist here "I would be reading all this anyway."

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    Episode 613: The Human in the Loop

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 61:39


    Guest: Arnetta Girardeau, Copyright and Licensing Librarian at UNC Charlotte. First broadcast September 20 2024. Playlist here "It seems technology progresses much faster than our archive access policies."   

    Episode 612: On Beyond Cataloging

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 60:11


    Guest: Presley Dyer, Metadata Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast September 13 2024. Playlist here "...while the work of a metadata librarian includes cataloging, it goes beyond that."

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    Episode 611: The GT Library Guidebook

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 59:15


    Guest: Jason Wright, Director of Communications for the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast September 6 2024. Playlist here "Can I do a radio voice?"

    Episode 610: DIY Punk Strategies in the Library Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 60:53


    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. Playlist here "What's the most punk rock thing you've ever done?"

    Episode 605: You Can't Digitize Everything

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 60:00


    PART 1 of THE STORIES ARCHIVES TELL Guest: Katie Gentilello, Digital Projects Coordinator at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast August 16 2024. Playlist here "One might think you have an agenda..."

    Episode 609: Three More Themes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 62:20


    First broadcast July 26 2024. Playlist here "It's very hot in here."

    Episode 608: Equal Access to the Online Library

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 58:12 Transcription Available


    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..."

    Episode 607: The Power of Good Description

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 61:29


    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. Playlist here. "Archives are not neutral."

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    Episode 606: Media Literacy at the Carter Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 58:35


    Part 4 of MAJOR AND MINOR THREATS series Guest: Sarah Morris, Media Literacy Program Consultant at the Carter Center. First broadcast June 21 2024. Playlist here "Media literacy is plenty dramatic."

    Episode 604: Let's Get Medieval

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 61:56


    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. Playlist here "The Middle Ages rocked the cradle of knowledge..."    

    Episode 603: The Library Attrition Tracker

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 60:26


    First broadcast May 24 2024. Playlist here "Turn the mics off for a second. All of them."

    Episode 602: Are You The Gatekeeper?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 58:42


    Guest: Chris Tanguay, Processing Archivist at MIT Libraries. First broadcast May 17 2024. Playlist here "Don't bring little black clouds to work."

    Episode 601: Instruction Assessment Check-in

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 58:58


    Guest: Matt Frizzell, Assessment Librarian for the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast May 10 2024. Playlist here "We'll fix it during the first music set."

    Episode 600: New Librarian, New Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 60:36


    Guest: Karen Manning, Engagement and Inclusion Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast April 26 2024. Playlist here "She's seen some stuff with us."

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 57:39


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

    Episode 598: Yes And the Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 62:18


    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. Playlist here "It's the vulnerability."

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    Episode 597: Intellectual Property Digest

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 58:40


    Guest: Philip Burrus of the Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group in Atlanta. First broadcast March 29 2024. Playlist here. "Its purpose was to identify The Nuge."    

    Episode 596: Archive Atlanta

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 60:54


    Guest: Victoria Lemos of Archive Atlanta. First broadcast on March 15 2024. Playlist here. "As long as they do proper research!" 

    Episode 595: Representation and Recognition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 61:43


    Guest: Thera Webb of MIT Libraries First broadcast on March 8 2024. Playlist here "That was a nuclear bomb situation."

    Episode 594: Librarians Represent

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 59:30


    Guest: Alex Brinson, ACRL Diversity Resident at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast March 1, 2024. 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..."

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 50:55


    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.

    Episode 593: Old Friend, New Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 60:17


    Guest: Wendy Hagenmaier, Software Preservation Program Manager at Yale University Library. First broadcast February 23 2024. 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."

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 61:53


    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. Playlist "We're going to dematerialize the library."

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