Episode 688: Discarding the Analytic Solution
Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show
Release Date: 06/26/2026
Episode 688: Discarding the Analytic Solution
Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show
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 complex, real-life problems. Guest: Dr. Michael Filler of the Georgia Tech School of Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering. First broadcast June 26 2026. Transcript at "You are expected to use AI tools in this course."
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Episode 687: Clickbait
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The show team discusses the 2013 blog post “” by M.G. Siegler, clickbait that argued that the economics of ebooks and the existence of the Internet meant that libraries had to change or disappear. First broadcast June 12 2026. Transcript at "Today's episode is called 'The End of the Library.' No it's not, it's called Clickbait."
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Episode 686: Get In The Car, It's Summer
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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 the phrase "get in the car, it's summer" has any significant cultural meaning. First broadcast June 5 2026. Transcript at "Yeah, it's not really working for me."
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Episode 685: Multimodal Hamlet
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Georgia Tech faculty members talk about experimenting with virtual reality tools in a composition course, students experiencing multimodal Hamlet, and assessing how best to teach the “To be or not to be” monologue. Audio from a live recording during the Georgia Tech Library's , January 29 2026. Guests: Dr. Kelly Williams, Marion L Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech; Dr. Meryem Yilmaz Soylu, research scientist at the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U); Alison Valk, the Emerging Technologies Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast May 29...
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Episode 684: Alt Text For Mathematics
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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 Experience Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast May 22 2026. Transcript at "We're getting down in the weeds."
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Episode 683: Crisis Is Our Natural Habitat
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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 Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives in Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. First broadcast May 8, 2026. Transcript at . "The humanities, as a term, would not exist without substantial crisis in how human beings think about themselves."
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Episode 682: Samizdat is Not a Monolith
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A recovering academic discusses Russian dissident literature and why samizdat is not a monolithic genre. Guest: Dr. Josephine von Zitzewitz, author of First broadcast May 1 2026. Transcript at "Yoga?"
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Episode 681: A Year Of Firsts
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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 the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast April 24 2026. Transcript at "Right on."
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Episode 680: Hard-Boiled Magnitizdat
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Guest: Mark Yoffe, Russia, Eurasia, Eastern and Central Europe Resource Center Librarian at George Washington University, discussing the . First broadcast April 17 2026. Transcript at "You may be familiar with the Russian word samizdat."
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Episode 679: There's an Archivist for That?! Part IV: Food and Drink Archives
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Interview with Audrey Russek, Head of the Broadcast April 10, 2026. Transcript at "You might not be looking at the cookbook for the recipes, you might be looking at it to understand community."
info_outlineA 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 complex, real-life problems.
Guest: Dr. Michael Filler of the Georgia Tech School of Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering.
First broadcast June 26 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81864
"You are expected to use AI tools in this course."