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 December 23 2022. Playlist , Transcript "Mele Kalikimaka!"

"How many times are we going to say 'visualization'?" Guest: Ximin Mi of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast January 12 2018. Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2018/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-12th-data-visualization-episode-368/

Our guests are our co-hosts/our co-hosts are our guests! Marlee Givens of Georgia Tech and Sofia Slutskaya of Emory talk about the new book they edited, Transforming Technical Services through Training and Development . Playlist , Transcript Originally broadcast Dec 9, 2022

Guest: Prof. Philip Auslander of Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Media, and Communication First broadcast December 1 2022. Transcript , Playlist "It needs to be substantively different from the previous edition, else why do it?"

Karen Manning of the Georgia Tech Library talks about her experiences being president of the Georgia Library Association (GLA). First broadcast Nov 18, 2022 Playlist , transcript

Guests: Jolene Cole and Holly Croft of Georgia College and State University First broadcast November 11 2022. Playlist here , Transcript here " Information studies are for everyone, not just librarians and archivists."

'Ilaheva Tua'one and Seth Porter of the Univ of Colorado, Colorado Springs library talk about their project to bring storytelling to libraries as one way to de-colonize library collections. Transcript , Playlist First broadcast Nov 4, 2022

Guest: Jenny Townes of Emory Libraries. First broadcast October 28 2022. Playlist , Transcript "Let's spin the wheel!"  

Guest Martin Patrick, new Systems Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. Broadcast Oct 21, 2022 Playlist , Transcript

Guest: Dillon Henry, Digital Accessioning Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast October 7 2022. Transcript , Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/10/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-october-7-2022-meet-the-archivist-and-the-fred-episode-535/ "R.I.P. Library of Alexandria."

Guests: Paige Bowers and David Montague First broadcast September 30 2022. Transcript, Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-september-30-2022-overnight-code-episode-534/ The authors of  Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering  talk about writing the book, Raye Montague, and citizen archiving.

Guest Katherine Dunn of MIT Libraries discusses the 2022 OSTP memo on public access. Broadcast Sep 23, 2022. Playlist , Transcript

Guest Alex McGee discusses her new position as University Archivist at Georgia Tech. First broadcast Sept 16 2022. Playlist here , transcript here

Guest: Snowden Becker, Archives and Collections Consultant First broadcast September 9 2022 -- podcast contains unbroadcast material. Transcript here ; Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-september-9-2022-punctum-episode-531/ Snowden Becker talks with the LITS crew about how objects take on new properties when they are processed into collections.

Guest Cicely Lewis, librarian at Meadow Creek High School talks about keeping diverse school library collections and what it actually means to be "woke". Broadcast Sept 2, 2022 Transcript here . Playlist at https/www.wrek.org/?p=38006

Guest: Professor Michael Bibler of LSU. First broadcast August 26 2022. Transcript here. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-september-2-2022-love-needs-to-be-louder-episode-530/ Featuring an interview with one of the contributors to the book The Tacky South .

Guest: Evan Mayo-Wilson, of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, discusses his research into whether peer review can help to mitigate author spin in academic publications. First broadcast August 19, 2022 Transcript here Playlist at: https/www.wrek.org/?p=37980

Guests:  Amber Moore, Autumn Wilson, Cathy Miller, and Kendall Barksdale, representatives of the team working to process and digitize the Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Collection at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library. First broadcast August 12 2022. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-august-12-2022-the-joseph-and-evelyn-gibson-lowery-collection-episode-...

Guest Ann Kardos, Librarian at UMass-Amherst discusses her creative project "Unseen Labor." First broadcast July 29, 2022 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-july-29-2022-unseen-labor-episode-526/ Transcript available.

First broadcast July 22 2022. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-july-22-2022-steal-this-show-episode-525/(opens in a new tab) The LITS crew is joined by guest host Alison Reynolds to talk rare books and theft. Transcript available.

Guest: Anu Moorthy of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast July 15 2022. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-july-15-2022-tickets-and-tunnels-episode-524/(opens in a new tab) Anu Moorthy, the new Electronic Resources Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library, discusses the ups and downs of her job. Transcript available.

Guest: Mitsuko Ito of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech First broadcast July 8 2022. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-july-8-2022-a-material-method-for-mental-health-episode-523/ A discussion of tapping, a mental-calming technique. Transcript available.

Guest: Jamila Hastick, Electronic Services Librarian, Library of Parliament It's Canada Day! Guest Jamila Hastick talks about what it's like to work as a librarian in the Canadian Library of Parliament/Bibliothèque du Parlement. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-july-1-2022-the-library-of-parliament-happy-canada-day-episode-522/(opens in a new tab) Transcript...

Guests: Kathy Makos (Smithsonian, retired) and Jenny Houlroyd (Georgia Tech) What is an industrial hygienist? We speak to two industrial hygienists to find out how their profession can make libraries, archives, and other workplaces safer. And spoiler alert, industrial hygiene doesn't have anything to do with teeth. Originally broadcast June 24, 2022. Transcript available.