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

First broadcast January 8 2021. Transcript , Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35345 "What happened? 2020, that's what happened."  

First broadcast January 3 2020. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-3rd-in-the-year-2020-episode-452/ "I am an optimist."

First broadcast December 25 2020. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35332

First broadcast December 20 2019. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32869 "If you think you've discovered something, please don't steal it."

Our fourth holiday special (back in 2018) was different than we expected but still full of LITSmas cheer!

First broadcast December 4 2020. Transcript , Playlist "Because free information is rarely free of obligation."  

Part 3 of SURVEILLANCE AND BIG BRO Guest: Jean-François Blanchette of UCLA. First broadcast May 23 2014. Playlist at http://bit.ly/1lIWcef "I didn't post that stuff, someone else did!"

image: Cover of Code for America's Qualitative Research Practice Guide Guests: Aditi Joshi, Code for America Senior Qualitative Researcher, and Rebecca Blakiston, User Experience Strategist and Associate Librarian at the University of Arizona Libraries Transcript ; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35248 First broadcast Nov 20, 2020 "It's really important to recognize the intense emotions that...

Guest: Stuart Gaetjens, Coordinator of Technical Services at the Volpe Library, Tennessee Tech University Transcript ; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35217 First broadcast Nov 13, 2020 "Results were dramatic, and even worse than expected."

Part 2 of SURVEILLANCE AND BIG BRO Guests: Karen Glover & Stella Richardson of the Georgia Tech Library and Denita Hampton of the Georgia State University Library. First broadcast on May 16 2014. Playlist at  http://bit.ly/QQVpPT "Who wants the information you have about patrons?"

Guest: Robin Fay (georgiawebgurl) First broadcast October 30 2020. Transcript ; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35157 "Dark."

Part 1 of SURVEILLANCE AND BIG BRO Guest: Dr. Aaron Santesso of Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Media, and Communication. First broadcast May 9 2014. Playlist available at  http://bit.ly/1hCOh0F "Please try to collect all the information you can and make sure nothing bad happens."

Part 4 of JUST GOOGLE IT A discussion of Dave Egger's THE CIRCLE (McSweeneys 2013). First broadcast May 2 2014. Playlist available at  http://bit.ly/1rNn9Rr

image: still from Leiden Manifesto video produced by Kindea Labs Guest: Dr Diana Hicks, Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, and lead author of the Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics http://www.leidenmanifesto.org/ . Transcript ; Playlist at:  https://www.wrek.org/?p=35069 First broadcast Oct 9, 2020 "These numbers do have consequences."

Guest: Dr Aisha Johnson, archivist and professor at NC Central University, and author of The African American Struggle for Library Equality: The Untold Story of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program (2019, Rowman & Littefield). Transcript ; Playlist at:  https://www.wrek.org/?p=35035 First broadcast Oct 2, 2020 "I'll still do my research in the stacks, because that's where the truth lives."

Part 3 of JUST GOOGLE IT Guest: Greer Martin of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and University of Georgia Libraries First broadcast April 25 2014. Playlist available at  http://bit.ly/1ijDUD5

Image graphics by FMF design, i cons, and Fahmi. From Noun Project. Creative Commons CC-BY. First broadcast Sept 18, 2020 Transcript ; Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=34908 "I suspect anthropologists will look back to this time and say that the invention of the infinite scroll was a pivotal moment in human evolution..."

Part 2 of JUST GOOGLE IT Guest: Dr. Ian Bogost of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. First broadcast April 18 2014. Playlist available at  http://bit.ly/1leBqJ1

First broadcast September 4 2020. Transcript;   Playlist "Who came up with the theme for this episode?"

Part 1 of JUST GOOGLE IT Guest: Kevin Smith of the Office of Copyright and Scholarly Communication at Duke University. First broadcast on April 11 2014. Playlist at http://bit.ly/1ehIgun

Guest: Eric Lease Morgan, Librarian at University of Notre Dame and original creator of https://distantreader.org/ First broadcast AUG 21, 2020. Transcript ; Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/?p=34774 "The Distant Reader is a tool that enhances your ability to consume, read, understand, analyze a large corpora of...STUFF."

Part 5 of DATA RULES Guest: Joelle Dietrick of Davidson College. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-august-5th-2016-data-as-packet-switching-glitch-art-episode-313/ First broadcast August 5 2016. "Sometimes I find the most interesting moment in my research is when I have a chance encounter with something I wasn't expecting."

Part 4 of DATA RULES Guest: Marlee Givens of the Georgia Tech Library Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-july-29th-2016-data-driven-decisions-episode-312/ First broadcast on July 29 2016. "Aren't we using data whenever we make decisions?"

Guest: Joshua Weitz of Georgia Tech. First broadcast July 31 2020. Transcript http://hdl.handle.net/1853/63100 "Part of that is to be more informed about the real-time risk."

Part 3 of DATA RULES Guest: Nicholas Felton of Feltron. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-los…wood-episode-311/ First broadcast on July 22 2016. "Did you say 'data as wood'? Like trees?"