Charlie Bennett

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

Society EN ↓ 442 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.

Author

Charlie Bennett

Category

Society

Podcast website

library.gatech.edu

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

ENCORE Episode 206: Metadata's Evil Twin 16.10.2020

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

Episode 473: The Leiden Manifesto 09.10.2020

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."

Episode 472: The African American Struggle for Library Equality 02.10.2020

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."

ENCORE Episode 205: "Metadata is Important!" 25.09.2020

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

Episode 471: Doomscrolling 18.09.2020

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..."

ENCORE Episode 204: "What Does Google Really Want?" 11.09.2020

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

Episode 470: Nostalgia and Late Capitalism 08.09.2020

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

ENCORE Episode 203: "Google Books & Libraries" 28.08.2020

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

Episode 469: The Distant Reader, or: How to Read Lots and Lots and Lots of Books 21.08.2020

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."

ENCORE Episode 313: Data as Packet-Switching Glitch Art 14.08.2020

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."

ENCORE Episode 312: Data Driven Decisions 07.08.2020

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?"

Episode 468: Bodies on the Line 31.07.2020

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."

ENCORE Episode 311: Data as Wood 24.07.2020

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?"

ENCORE Episode 310: Statistical Significance 17.07.2020

Part 2 of DATA RULES Guest: Dr. Pete Ludovice of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-july-15th-2016-statistical-significance-episode-310/ First broadcast July 15 2016. "Sounds important; I don't know why."

Episode 467: Virtually Leading the Academic Library 10.07.2020

Guests: Leslie Sharp, Dean of Libraries at Georgia Tech Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries & University Librarian at UNC-Chapel Hill Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, Dean of Dacus Library and Pettus Archives & Special Collections, Winthrop University. Transcript ; Playlist at:  https://www.wrek.org/?p=34647 First broadcast July 10, 2020 "I'm not concerned about what I can't do, I'm co...

ENCORE Episode 309: Data Librarianship: Naked and Afraid 03.07.2020

Part 1 of DATA RULES Guest: Dr. Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh of Georgia State University Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-july-8th-2016-data-librarianship-naked-and-afraid-episode-309/ First broadcast July 8 2016 "I will be stupid for you."

Episode 466: The Public Programming and Community Engagement Specialist 26.06.2020

Guest: Catherine Manci, Public Programming and Community Engagement Specialist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast June 26 2020. Transcript ; Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/?p=34623 " Sounds like a big job ."

ENCORE Episode 323: Question My Authority II: Peer Review 19.06.2020

Guest: Mike Filler of Georgia Tech's School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.  First broadcast October 28 2016. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/10/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-october-28th-2016-question-my-authority-ii-peer-review-episode-323/ "As scientists, we shouldn't be thinking 'How do I get this into a journal?'"

Episode 465: GLAM-orizing Your Travel Plans 12.06.2020

Guests: Tamara Livingston of Museums, Archives and Rare Books at Kennesaw State University, Angela Stanley with Georgia HomePLACE, and Cheryl Hargrove of the Georgia Department of Economic Development's Explore Georgia First broadcast June 12, 2020. Transcript ; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=34604 "Cultural heritage tourism...is traveling to experience the places and activities that authenti...

Encore of episode 315: Question My Authority 05.06.2020

Guest: Liz Holdsworth of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast August 26 2016 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-august-26th-2016-question-my-authority-episode-315/ "Please tell me that was originally like that."

Episode 464: Data Murmuration 29.05.2020

image by Tony Armstrong-Sly Guest: Ben Fino-Radin of Small Data Industries First broadcast May 29 2020. Transcript ; Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/?p=34584 "T hrough the magic of physics and biology, the bird cloud maintains consensus."

ENCORE Episode 424: An Archive of Planet Earth 22.05.2020

Guest: Nova Spivack of Arch Mission Foundation. First broadcast May 17 2019. Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/05/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-may-17th-an-archive-of-planet-earth-episode-424/ " All archives grapple with questions of what to preserve."

Episode 463: Open Syllabus 15.05.2020

Guest: Joe Karaganis of Open Syllabus First broadcast May 15 2020. Transcript ; Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/?p=34544 "Then it's definitely syllabi."

Episode 462: 2020 AF 01.05.2020

In our first attempt at a totally home-recorded episode, we discuss how libraries and archives are handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Transcript  First broadcast May 1st 2020. "I can't say it on command!"  

ENCORE Episode 358: The American Music Show 24.04.2020

Guest: Randy Gue of Emory Libraries. First broadcast September 22 2017. Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2017/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-september-22nd-fossils-in-glorious-3d-episode-357/ "What is it about?"

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