Charlie Bennett

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

Society EN ↓ 454 episodes

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

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Author

Charlie Bennett

Category

Society

Podcast website

library.gatech.edu

Latest episode

Oct 9, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 495: Retractions 23.07.2021

Guest: Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch First broadcast July 23, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64911   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35917 "We were off by an order of magnitude in the number of retractions we thought there were."

Episode 494: A Cure for the Summertime Blues 16.07.2021

First broadcast July 16 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64910 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35901 "Which, if I may be frank, was a mixed bag at best."

ENCORE Episode 343: The Interplanetary File System 09.07.2021

Guest: Matt Zumwalt of Protocol Labs. First broadcast May 12 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/05/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-may-12th-the-interplanetary-file-system-episode-343/ "I feel like there should be an echo effect."

Episode 493: Telling the Technical Services Story 02.07.2021

Guest: Kimberley Edwards and Tricia Mackenzie of George Mason University Libraries. First broadcast July 2 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64901   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35852 " What part of your library department could use some better PR?"

ENCORE Episode 342: The Diversity Paradigm 25.06.2021

Guest: David James Hudson of the University of Guelph. First broadcast May 5 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/05/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-may-5th-the-diversity-paradigm-episode-342/ "I had to look at how library and information studies talk about race."

Episode 492: That Really Sticks in my Craw 18.06.2021

image by popcornarts, CC-BY, via the Noun Project First broadcast on June 18, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64824   Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35823 "I'm already feeling the pressure rising into my craw."

Episode 491: Atlanta Eats 04.06.2021

Guest: Amanda Plumb First broadcast June 11 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64543   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35798 "What restaurant says 'Atlanta' to you?"

Episode 490: After the Rain 28.05.2021

First broadcast May 28 2021. Transcript: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64542 Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/?p=35729 "And normally I'm an optimist..."

Episode 489: Atomic Tunes 21.05.2021

Guests: Tim and Joanna Smolko of UGA. First broadcast May 21 2021. Transcript ; Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/?p=35727 "Hey, these are all Cold War songs!"

Episode 488: Who Invented Oscar Wilde? 14.05.2021

Guest: David Newhoff, author of Who Invented Oscar Wilde? The Photograph at the Center of Modern American Copyright , and author of the blog The Illusion of More . First broadcast May 14, 2021. Transcript ; Playlist at:  https://www.wrek.org/?p=35723 "That tension began from the moment that photography became available...is this just a mechanical tool that records facts, or is there something expr...

Episode 487: Empathy Bytes VIP 30.04.2021

Guests: The Empathy Bytes VIP students First broadcast April 30 2021. Transcript ; Playlist "It's a win all around!"

ENCORE Episode 340: Smart Cities, Smart Libraries 23.04.2021

Part 1 of the Smart Cities series. Guest: Dr. Gabriel Morley of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. First broadcast April 14 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/04/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-april-14th-smart-cities-smart-libraries-episode-340/ "Think about how the library integrates into the community."

Episode 486: Assessment as Craft 16.04.2021

Image: Patrick Lindenberg via Unsplash   First broadcast April 16, 2021 Transcript ; Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/?p=35667 "What is the difference between use and re-use? We've debated this literally for years..."  

ENCORE Episode 339: You Better Run to the City of Data Refuge 09.04.2021

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/04/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-april-7th-you-better-run-to-the-city-of-data-refuge-episode-339/ First broadcast April 7 2017. "We like data here at Lost in the Stacks."

Episode 485: New Metadata, New Librarian 02.04.2021

image: cea +, CC-BY 2.0, via wikimedia commons First broadcast April 2, 2021 Transcript; Playlist at:  https://www.wrek.org/?p=35626 "A lot of our resources are described in data silos...We are definitely trying to get away from that model"

Episode 484: Goodreads Must Be Destroyed (?) 26.03.2021

Image by Mary Harrsch First broadcast March 26 2021. Transcript ; Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2021/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-march-26th-goodreads-must-be-destroyed-episode-484/ "Heavy-metal voice."

ENCORE Episode 338: Copyright Hawks and Doves 19.03.2021

Guest: David Lowery of Cracker. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/56654 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-march-31st-copyright-hawks-and-doves-episode-338/ First broadcast March 31 2017. "I am a copyright jackalope."

ENCORE of Episode 337: Bibliometrics, Yay-Hoo! 12.03.2021

  Encore of episode first broadcast March 17, 2017. Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/2018/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-august-10-2018-bibliometrics-yay-hoo-encore-of-episode-337/ "The best way to truly understand anything is to talk with someone from Oklahoma."

Episode 483: A Piece of News 05.03.2021

Guest: Kim Stanley Robinson First broadcast March 5 2021. Transcript; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35537 "They really want to talk. They want to tell you their story!"  

ENCORE Episode 336: The Liberated Archive 26.02.2021

Guest: Itza Carbajal of the  Liberated Archive Forum  planning committee. First broadcast March 10 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-march-10th-the-liberated-archive-episode-336/ "M y theory is that Fred and Ameet and Charlie all secretly want to be archivists."

Episode 482: The CatalogUing Code of Ethics 19.02.2021

Guests: Beth Shoemaker from Emory University and Karen Snow from Dominican University,  co-chairs of the Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee. First broadcast February 19 2021. Transcript ; Playlist   "A cataloger can censor a book with a few keystrokes."  

Episode 481: In Concert 05.02.2021

Guest: Prof. Philip Auslander of Georgia Tech. First broadcast February 5 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35449 "I miss live music."

ENCORE Episode 334: Preserving Decision-Making Data 29.01.2021

Part 2 of DIGITAL RESILIENCE Guest:  Mary Molinaro  of the Digital Preservation Network  (DPN) Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2017/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-17th-preserving-decision-making-data-episode-334/ First broadcast February 17 2017. " Did you figure it out? Of course you didn't. You don't have any data."

Episode 480: AI on the Bias 22.01.2021

Guest: Dr. Ayanna Howard of Georgia Tech. First broadcast on January 22, 2021. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35415 "Don't think about Skynet."

Episode 333: A Digital Dark Age 15.01.2021

Part 1 of DIGITAL RESILIENCE Guest: Richard Whitt of Google. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-10th-a-digital-dark-age-episode-333/ First broadcast February 10 2017. "DUNT dun dun!"

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