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

Episode 503: Getting on my CASE: Librarians and the CASE Act 22.10.2021

Guest: Kate Dickson, UNCC Library Broadcast October 22, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/65393   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36447 "We still don't know how this is going to play out, and what the rules are going to be." Image credit: David Wagner, CC-0 (public domain)  

ENCORE Episode 348: The Human Library 15.10.2021

First broadcast June 23 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-23rd-the-human-library-episode-348/ "Fred said it was trademarked."

Episode 502: On the Trip 08.10.2021

Guest: Gideon Marcus of Galactic Journey. First broadcast October 8 2021 and 1966. Transcript ; Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/?p=36323 "Are you a traveler of both time and space?"

ENCORE Episode 347: 129,864,880 01.10.2021

Guest: Laura Burtle, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communications and Digital Library Services at GSU First broadcast June 16 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-16th-129864880-episode-347/ "I realized libraries need lawyers."

ENCORE Episode 346: "The Freedome Library" 24.09.2021

Guests:  Coston Dickenson and Andres, graduate students in the Georgia Tech College of Design. First broadcast June 09 2017 Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/2017/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-9th-the-freedome-library-episode-346/

ENCORE Episode 345: Squaring the Circle 17.09.2021

First broadcast June 2 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-2nd-squaring-the-circle-episode-345/ "I can sacrifice some of my values..."

Episode 501: The Fossil Librarian 10.09.2021

Guest: Kallie Moore, Collections Manager at the University of Montana Paleontology Center, and host of PBS's "Eons". First broadcast Sept 10, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64931   Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=36161 "To this day, my life revolves around ancient life and things that have been dead for millenia." Image credit: University of Montana

Episode 500: The End of the Line 03.09.2021

First broadcast September 3 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64930   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=36103 "I understand that I'm being deposed."

Lost in the Stacks, Episode 499: Recruiting from Retail 27.08.2021

Guests: Tina Erikson, Jessica Glomb and Max Maller from the University of Chicago Library Transcript: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64929   Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/2021/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-aug-27-recruiting-from-retail-episode-499/ Originally broadcast Aug 27, 2021. Image credit: jrissman via Wikimedia commons, CC-BY-SA  

Episode 498: Books in a Blender 20.08.2021

Guest: Mark Herschberg First broadcast August 20 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64922   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35992 "We're going to take what is in the book, blow it out from the pages..."  

Episode 497: The Unbearable Uncertainty of Classics 13.08.2021

First broadcast August 13 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64921   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=35990 " Many people were surprised that the book Goodnight Moon wasn't on the list. "

ENCORE of Episode 344: Engineering the Hidden Library 06.08.2021

"When our service stops being hidden, it means that we are not doing something well." Guests: Alexis Linoski and Sonya Slutskaya of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast May 19, 2017. Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/05/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-may-19th-engineering-the-hidden-library-episode-344/

Episode 496: Standing Together 30.07.2021

image from LEO - AFT Local 6244 Guest: Colleen Marquis, University of Michigan, Flint First broadcast July 30, 2021. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64912   Playlist at: https://www.wrek.org/?p=35940 "Being in a union together will just make it easier for us to advocate for one another, and to communicate and be in solidarity together."

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."

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