Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show
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Nov 13, 2026 · 1:02:49
For this episode showcasing the indie feminist press Cita Press , Juliana Castro Varon (founder and design director) and Jessi Haley (editorial director) talk about the start of…
Oct 23, 2026 · 58:37
For Open Access Week 2026, General Counsel for Creative Commons joins the show to talk about the tensions inherent in the openness of online content in the age of AI and keeping…
Oct 16, 2026 · 58:34
An academic librarian who specializes in experimental, public, and innovative scholarly communication discusses professional development, leadership roles, the non-auteur theory…
Oct 9, 2026 · 58:52
For Banned Books Week 2026, the show team plus guest-host Jordan Moore (User Experience Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library) chat about book bans, challenges, dangerous…
Oct 2, 2026 · 1:00:33
For this episode of the GT Library Guidebook series, the show team give a short history of the computer labs in the Georgia Tech Library and talks about computing in the library,…
Sep 26, 2026 · 59:14
An Atlanta archivist discusses her work at Georgia State University and AUC, featuring hip-hop, pop culture, and best friends that you never meet. Guest: Brittany Newberry,…
Sep 18, 2026 · 59:02
For an Introduce Yourself show, a systems librarian discusses the many facets of his professional identity and the points of intersection for librarianship and information…
Sep 11, 2026 · 56:42
A professor of AI from Georgia Tech joins the show to discuss synthetic data, AI training on its own output, and other potential conundrums in the ongoing saga of AI in the…
Sep 4, 2026 · 57:36
For this episode of the GT Library Guidebook series, the show team talks about room G201 in the Georgia Tech Library, also known as the Microfilm Reading Room, and reflects on…
Aug 28, 2026 · 58:51
The three assistant deans of the Georgia Tech Library join the show to talk about their jobs, responsibilities, and aspirations in their leadership roles. Guests: Jay Forrest,…
Aug 21, 2026 · 59:53
Elizabeth Keathley and Lisa Grimm, authors of Practical Digital Asset Management (DAM), discuss the principles and the discontents of DAM while reminding us to back digital asset…
Aug 14, 2026 · 59:46
This encore of Part 3 of the occasional series "Citizen Archiving," which considers the archival actions of private citizens, features an interview with the late Steve Albini,…
Aug 7, 2026 · 59:10
The hosts of the library-themed WRFG Atlanta public-affairs show Radical Reference With Sister Sai talk about how the show started and their values, process, and plans for…
Jul 31, 2026 · 1:01:25
In the third and final episode of an unofficial "Library of Congress" trilogy, catalogers from the ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on Subfield V Retention…
Jul 24, 2026 · 1:05:35
Catalogers discuss rejecting neutrality in the creation and management of subject headings, taking special notice of the Library of Congress's insistence on (some version of)…
Jul 10, 2026 · 1:02:41
The show team, with the help of cataloger Sofia Slutskaya, discusses the Library of Congress and tries to answer the question, "We don't have a National Library... or do we?"…
Jun 26, 2026 · 1:01:12
A Georgia Tech faculty member describes how using AI to write MATLAB code improved a course on chemical reactor design and the benefits of discarding the analytic solution for…
Jun 12, 2026 · 1:01:35
The show team discusses the 2013 blog post " The End of the Library " by M.G. Siegler, clickbait that argued that the economics of ebooks and the existence of the Internet meant…
Jun 5, 2026 · 1:00:39
The show team has an unthemed conversation for this summer free cut. They discuss travelling to see art, Google Maps, having your assumptions tested, failure as growth, and if…
May 29, 2026 · 1:02:45
Georgia Tech faculty members talk about experimenting with virtual reality tools in a composition course, students experiencing multimodal Hamlet , and assessing how best to…
May 22, 2026 · 1:03:02
Members of the Georgia Tech Library's Accessibility Community of Practice get into the weeds discussing alt text for mathematics in scholarly works. Guest: Jordan Moore, User…
May 8, 2026 · 1:00:29
A Georgia Tech scholar from the College of Liberal Arts discusses the place of humanities in academia and how crisis is their natural habitat. Guest: Dr Richard Utz, Senior…
May 1, 2026 · 1:01:08
A recovering academic discusses Russian dissident literature and why samizdat is not a monolithic genre. Guest: Dr. Josephine von Zitzewitz, author of The Culture of Samizdat:…
Apr 24, 2026 · 57:58
For an Introduce Yourself show, a new but seasoned Georgia Tech librarian discusses his year of firsts in the profession. Guest: Ryan Gaylor, Reference & Instruction Librarian at…
Apr 17, 2026 · 1:02:16
The librarian who founded and curates International Counterculture Archive at the Global Resources Center at George Washington University discusses hard-bolied magnitizdat (i.e.…
Apr 10, 2026 · 1:00:52
The ongoing series "There's an Archivist for That?" features archival work in unexpected places or with intriguing collections. This episode features a specialist in food & drink…
Apr 3, 2026 · 1:02:56
For this episode of the GT Library Guidebook series, the show team talks with the librarian who oversees the Georgia Tech Library's website about her 30-year career as webmaster,…
Mar 20, 2026 · 59:37
Designer, professor, and engineer Wayne Li talks about how and why he wrote his book Design Empathy and Contextual Awareness: Frames of Reference for the 21st Century Creative to…
Mar 13, 2026 · 59:30
Guest: Dr. Allison Mickel, H. Bruce McEver Chair in Archaeological Science and Technology in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech. First broadcast March 13 2026.…
Mar 6, 2026 · 57:28
First broadcast March 6 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80730 Playlist "They need the resources, they need the services, they need the space."
Feb 20, 2026 · 56:51
Guests: Jody Thompson, Assistant Dean for Archives, Records Management, and Digital Curation, Kirk Henderson, Exhibitions Manager, and Connor Lynch, Exhibits Associate at the…
Feb 13, 2026 · 1:02:08
Guest: Dr. Robert "Bo" Jacobs , historian of nuclear technologies. First broadcast February 13 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80652 Playlist "Yes, optimism!"
Feb 6, 2026 · 58:01
First broadcast February 6 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80608 Playlist "I'd like to call it Lucky Thirteen!"
Jan 30, 2026 · 56:52
Guest: Dr Lynn Kamerlin, GT professor in the school of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and head of the Kamerlin Lab. First broadcast January 30 2026. Transcript at…
Jan 23, 2026 · 1:00:19
Guest: Vanesa Evers, Institutional Repository Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast January 23 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80191 Playlist…
Jan 16, 2026 · 59:06
Guests: Dr. Yanni Loukissas, associate professor of Digital Media in Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Media, and Communication, and Dr. Sylvia Janicki, Digital Media 2025…
Jan 9, 2026 · 1:01:16
First broadcast January 9 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80043 Playlist "The world has been reminded of just how unpredictable everything is."
Dec 19, 2025 · 1:01:27
First broadcast December 19 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79955 Playlist "We have a Christmas episode. And this is it."
Dec 12, 2025 · 1:02:16
Guest: Dr Gabrielle Thomas, Professor of Early Christianity and Anglican Studies at Emory University First broadcast December 12 2025. Transcript at…
Dec 5, 2025 · 1:01:52
Guest: Jason Wright, Communications Director for the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast December 5 2025. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79932 Playlist "I may have…
Nov 28, 2025 · 59:39
Rerun from November 26th, 2010.
Nov 21, 2025 · 58:13
First broadcast November 21 2025. Transcript . Playlist "Maybe a little bit of attitude."
Nov 14, 2025 · 1:00:31
Guest: Dr. Mark S. Burton, clinical psychologist First broadcast November 14 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79920 Playlist "I think I sort of fell into…
Nov 7, 2025 · 1:01:27
Guest: Cierra Cooper, Public Services Associate Lead at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast November 7 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79918 Playlist "You…
Oct 31, 2025 · 58:21
Guest: Alison Reynolds, Research Services and Instruction Archivist & Special Collections Curator, Georgia Tech Archives First broacast on October 31 2025. Transcript at…
Oct 24, 2025 · 58:39
Guest: Dr. Manda Sexton, Interim Director of Resource Strategy and Management at Kennesaw State University Libraries First broadcast on October 24 2025. Transcript at…
Oct 10, 2025 · 1:00:16
Guest: Philip Burrus of the Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group First broadcast October 10 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79880 Playlist "Normally, I hope his…
Oct 3, 2025 · 56:55
Guest: Alex Brinson, Reference Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast October 3 2025. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79348 Playlist here "Wait, you…
Sep 26, 2025 · 59:12
First broadcast September 26 2025. LITS Panel discuss their experiences with imposter syndrome. Playlist here . Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79331 "Uh oh."
Sep 19, 2025 · 1:00:31
The ongoing series "There's an Archivist for That?" features archival work in unexpected places or with intriguing collections. Guest: Brittan Dunham, film/video archivist and…
Sep 12, 2025 · 59:11
First broadcast September 12 2025. Playlist here . Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78830 "We are going to get nostalgic today."
Sep 5, 2025 · 1:01:07
Guests: Catherine Manci, Public Programming and Community Engagement Librarian, and Felicia Kornegay, Events Manager, from the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast September 5…
Aug 29, 2025 · 1:00:05
Guests: Dr Nicole Cooke (University of South Carolina) and Dr Aisha Johnson (GT Library) First broadcast August 29 2025. Playlist here. Transcript at…
Aug 22, 2025 · 59:23
First broadcast Aug 22, 2025. Playlist here . Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78782 "It's also important to remember that there is a diversity of thought."
Aug 15, 2025 · 1:01:01
First broadcast August 15, 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78772 Playlist here "Educate the educators."
Aug 8, 2025 · 59:24
Guest: Roland Allen, author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper First broadcast August 8 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78513 Playlist here "So I…
Aug 1, 2025 · 59:21
Guest: Melissa Hagemann, Director of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), discussing her paper Lessons for the Global Transition to Global Equitable Open Access to…
Jul 25, 2025 · 1:01:03
The ongoing series "There's an Archivist for That?" features archival work in unexpected places or with intriguing collections. Guest: Allison Schein, Director, Archives and…
Jul 18, 2025 · 58:56
Guests: Danielle Evans, Affordable Learning Librarian; Justin Ellis, Digital Learning & Instruction Librarian; Karen Manning, Student Experience Librarian; and Raven Davis,…
Jul 11, 2025 · 1:00:27
Guests: Tina Seetoo, Preservation Manager at the Delta Flight Museum and Chair of Georgia Heritage Responders , and Erica Hague, Collections Manager at the Atlanta History Center…
Jun 27, 2025 · 1:02:24
Guests: Dennis Nangle and Ashley Sands of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) First broadcast June 27 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78008…
Jun 20, 2025 · 59:58
Guest: Roland Allen, author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper First broadcast June 20 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77968 Playlist here "You say…
Jun 13, 2025 · 1:00:58
First broadcast June 13, 2025. Playlist here , transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77967 "It was quite a ride, and we're getting back on it."
Jun 6, 2025 · 58:04
First broadcast June 6 2025. Playlist here ; transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77966 "Marlee and I are returning to a topic that we discussed twice on the air, and…
May 30, 2025 · 1:00:19
Guest: Dr. Drew Whitelegg, Globe Academy First broadcast May 30 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77965 Playlist here "I think the United States is the only…
May 23, 2025 · 57:12
First broadcast May 23 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77624 Playlist here "Was that a content disclaimer?"
May 16, 2025 · 58:04
Guest: Sarah Morris, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement at the University of Georgia Libraries First broadcast May 16 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77588…
May 9, 2025 · 59:07
First broadcast May 9 2025. Playlist here. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77573 "Libraries have always felt a little like they need to grow and change the services…
May 2, 2025 · 57:10
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…
Apr 25, 2025 · 1:02:00
Guest: Dr. Christina Shivers, School of Architecture at Georgia Tech. First broadcast April 25 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77549 Playlist here "This is like a…
Apr 18, 2025 · 59:23
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…
Apr 4, 2025 · 1:01:31
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…
Mar 28, 2025 · 59:03
The ongoing series "There's an Archivist for That?" features archival work in unexpected places or with intriguing collections. Guest: Geoff Hetherington, Archivist and Records…
Mar 23, 2025 · 48:36
Guest: Leo Binkowski, software developer and programmer. Full interview recording for episode 631.
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…
Mar 14, 2025 · 1:00:42
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 7, 2025 · 59:26
Guests: Kirk Henderson, Exhibits Manager, and Connor Lynch, Exhibits Associate, of the Georgia Tech LIbrary. First broadcast March 7 2025. Transcript at…
Feb 28, 2025 · 1:00:06
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…
Feb 14, 2025 · 1:00:30
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…
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.…
Jan 31, 2025 · 58:52
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…
Jan 24, 2025 · 1:00:39
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…
Jan 17, 2025 · 1:00:44
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…
Dec 21, 2024 · 1:00:03
First broadcast December 20 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76696 Playlist here . "Well then, Merry Archives."
Dec 13, 2024 · 57:56
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…
Dec 6, 2024 · 59:22
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…
Nov 22, 2024 · 1:00:00
First broadcast November 22 2024. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/76527 ; Playlist here "A black box sinking below the wreckage."
Nov 15, 2024 · 59:23
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…
Nov 8, 2024 · 1:00:01
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…
Nov 1, 2024 · 58:35
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…
Oct 25, 2024 · 56:38
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…
Oct 11, 2024 · 1:01:27
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…
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. Transcript at:…
Sep 20, 2024 · 1:01:39
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…
Sep 13, 2024 · 1:00:11
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…
Sep 6, 2024 · 59:15
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…
Aug 23, 2024 · 1:00:53
Photo credit: Joe Lacey (@joexlacey) Guests: Kevin Adams, Information Literacy Librarian at Herrick Memorial Library, Alfred University and Edward Gloor, Teaching & Learning…
Aug 16, 2024 · 1:00:00
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:…
Jul 26, 2024 · 1:02:20
First broadcast July 26 2024. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/75451 ; Playlist here "It's very hot in here."
Jul 19, 2024 · 58:12
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)…
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