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

The original research-library rock'n'roll radio show! Broadcasting on WREK Atlanta, each show features an hour of music, interviews, and library talk united by a common theme.

Episode 641: How To Write A Book About Cabin Crews 05/30/2025

Episode 641: How To Write A Book About Cabin Crews Guest: Dr. Drew Whitelegg, Globe Academy First broadcast May 30 2025. Playlist "I think the United States is the only English-speaking country that doesn’t use the phrase 'cabin crew.'" /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/36794135

Episode 640: Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk 05/23/2025

Episode 640: Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk First broadcast May 23 2025. Transcript at Playlist "Was that a content disclaimer?" /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/36692610

Episode 639: Putting the A and the I in Information Literacy. 05/16/2025

Episode 639: Putting the A and the I in Information Literacy. Guest: Sarah Morris, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement at the University of Georgia Libraries First broadcast May 16 2025. Transcript at Playlist "AI has become the elephant in the room." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/36596755

Episode 638: Remake Remodel 05/09/2025

Episode 638: Remake Remodel First broadcast May 9 2025. Playlist Transcript at "Libraries have always felt a little like they need to grow and change the services they offer." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/36511040

Episode 637: The INFODesk 05/02/2025

Episode 637: The INFODesk 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 See the "Welcome to the research library of the 21st Century. Your first stop will probably be the INFODesk." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/36413190

Episode 636: How To Train Your Algorithm 04/25/2025

Episode 636: How To Train Your Algorithm Guest: Dr. Christina Shivers, School of Architecture at Georgia Tech. First broadcast April 25 2025. Transcript at Playlist "This is like a split single for Lost in the Stacks." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/36315925

Episode 635: The Legality of Open Access Mandates 04/18/2025

Episode 635: The Legality of Open Access Mandates Guest: Eric Harbeson of Authors Alliance First broadcast April 18 2025. Transcript at Playlist Read our guest's white paper, "Open access can still happen whether there's a mandate or not." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/36223100

Episode 634: The Archives Reading Room 04/04/2025

Episode 634: The Archives Reading Room 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 Playlist "I don't think you mean 'breaking into places' like I'm thinking." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/36012380

Episode 633: There's an Archivist for That?! 03/28/2025

Episode 633: There's an Archivist for That?! Guest: Geoff Hetherington, Archivist and Records Analyst, Archdiocese of Atlanta. First broadcast March 28 2025. Transcript at Playlist "I needed a job." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35911660

Uncut Interview with Leo Binkowski 03/23/2025

Uncut Interview with Leo Binkowski Guest: Leo Binkowski, software developer and programmer. Full interview recording for episode 631. /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35813690

Episode 632: This Machine Fills Metadata Fields 03/21/2025

Episode 632: This Machine Fills Metadata Fields 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. Transcript at Playlist "We promise we won’t let the robots take control of the show." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35812955

Episode 631: retroTECH in Action 03/14/2025

Episode 631: retroTECH in Action Guest: Leo Binkowski, software developer and programmer First broadcast March 14 2025. Transcript at Playlist "But I'm still working!" /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35699900

Episode 630: Defining Skylines 03/07/2025

Episode 630: Defining Skylines Guests: Kirk Henderson, Exhibits Manager, and Connor Lynch, Exhibits Associate, of the Georgia Tech LIbrary. First broadcast March 7 2025. Transcript at Playlist "These folks live in the Exhibits Gallery." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35578540

Episode 629: Into the Professional Groove 02/28/2025

Episode 629: Into the Professional Groove Guest: Alex Brinson, Reference Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast February 28 2025. Transcript at Playlist "Is that a rut?" /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35485590

Episode 628: Citizen Science Communication 02/14/2025

Episode 628: Citizen Science Communication Guest: Dr. Megan Mericle, School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. First broadcast February 14 2025. Transcript at Playlist "So if you see a gross bug in your backyard, why not take a picture of it? /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35290225

Episode 627: The Past in the Future 02/07/2025

Episode 627: The Past in the Future 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. Transcript at Playlist "Retro, meaning to them, made before 2010." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35197130

Episode 626: The Future in the Past 01/31/2025

Episode 626: The Future in the Past Discussing the article from 2001 entitled "". First broadcast January 31 2025. Transcript at Playlist "Imagine if DARE had the same philosophy!" /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/35101275

Episode 625: Steering the EdTech Ship 01/24/2025

Episode 625: Steering the EdTech Ship 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. Transcript at: Playlist "I have to admit I found myself more overwhelmed than curious." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/34996415

Episode 624: Improve the Situation 01/17/2025

Episode 624: Improve the Situation Guest: Jordan Moore, User Experience Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast January 17 2025. Transcript at Playlist "What does 'fuss' mean in a professional context?" /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/34898060

Episode 623: LITSmas 2024 (Christmas Cooking) 12/21/2024

Episode 623: LITSmas 2024 (Christmas Cooking) First broadcast December 20 2024. Transcript at Playlist . "Well then, Merry Archives." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/34558495

Episode 622: Can Learning Be Affordable? And Can the Library Help? 12/13/2024

Episode 622: Can Learning Be Affordable? And Can the Library Help? Guest: Danielle Evans, Affordable Learning Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast December 13 2024. Transcript at . Playlist "I think every librarian is an affordable learning librarian." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/34437330

Episode 621: The Fifth Floor But Also Everywhere 12/06/2024

Episode 621: The Fifth Floor But Also Everywhere Guest: Martin Patrick, Head of Technical Services at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast December 6 2024. Transcript at . Playlist "... the most thoroughly represented – and perhaps most important, although don’t tell the Dean I said so..." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/34323550

Episode 620: Whither Google Scholar? 11/22/2024

Episode 620: Whither Google Scholar? First broadcast November 22 2024. Transcript at: ; Playlist "A black box sinking below the wreckage." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/34111891

Episode 619: Growing Art in the Georgia Tech Library 11/15/2024

Episode 619: Growing Art in the Georgia Tech Library Guest: Dr. Bojana Ginn, 2024 Artist-in-Residence at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast November 15 2024. Transcript at ; Playlist "Art can be about absolutely anything. And it can be absolutely anything." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/33947672

Episode 618: Academic Publishing on an AI Hamster Wheel 11/08/2024

Episode 618: Academic Publishing on an AI Hamster Wheel 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: . First broadcast November 8 2024. Transcript at: ; Playlist "I meant to say I was feeling nauseated." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/33853337

Episode 617: In the Warehouse District 11/01/2024

Episode 617: In the Warehouse District Guest: Nic Fann, Records Administrator at Georgia Tech. First broadcast November 1, 2024. Transcript at: ; Playlist "It's a big building with a lot of paper in it." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/33738627

Episode 616: New Archivist, Digital Problems 10/25/2024

Episode 616: New Archivist, Digital Problems Guest: Cliff Landis, Digital Curation Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast October 25 2024. Transcript at: "Did you get any existential dread?" /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/33616887

Episode 615: The Uproar Class 10/11/2024

Episode 615: The Uproar Class 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. Transcript at ; Playlist "Speak out." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/33422472

Episode 614: The Science Fiction Lounge 10/04/2024

Episode 614: The Science Fiction Lounge Guest: Matt Frizzell, Assessment Librarian and Science Fiction subject specialist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast October 4 2024. Transcript at: ; Playlist "I would be reading all this anyway." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/33331647

Episode 613: The Human in the Loop 09/20/2024

Episode 613: The Human in the Loop Guest: Arnetta Girardeau, Copyright and Licensing Librarian at UNC Charlotte. First broadcast September 20 2024. Transcript: , Playlist "It seems technology progresses much faster than our archive access policies." /episode/index/show/lostinthestacks/id/33144592

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

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