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

For an Introduce Yourself show, a systems librarian discusses the many facets of his professional identity and the points of intersection for librarianship and information technology in his job.  Guest: Thomas Waters, Library Systems Technologist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast September 18 2026. Playlist "... in the center of the Venn diagram between librarianship and information technology."

A professor of AI from Georgia Tech joins the show to discuss synthetic data, AI training on its own output, and other potential conundrums in the ongoing saga of AI in the sciences. Guest: Dr. Mark Riedl of the School of Interactive Computing, Director of the Georgia Tech Machine Learning Center, and Gitesh Ramamurthy Endowed Professor of AI at the Georgia Institute of Technology. First broadcast September 11 2026. Playlist "I think I'm going to try to convince you that some of things that people are worried about right are maybe further off in the future or maybe not something we have to worry about right now."

For this episode of the GT Library Guidebook series, the show team talks about room G201 in the Georgia Tech Library, also known as the Microfilm Reading Room, and reflects on old media, libraries, and small hidden spaces. Part XV of The GT Library Guidebook First broadcast September 4 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81991 Playlist "I guess I'm Team Microfilm?"

The three assistant deans of the Georgia Tech Library join the show to talk about their jobs, responsibilities, and aspirations in their leadership roles. Guests: Jay Forrest, Assistant Dean for Collections Strategy and Development; Dr. Mack Freeman, Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives; and Jody Thompson, Assistant Dean for Archives, Records Management, and Digital Curation, all at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast August 28 2026. Playlist "What's an assistant dean? What do they do? Do I need to worry about them when I'm making plans?"  

Elizabeth Keathley and Lisa Grimm, authors of Practical Digital Asset Management (DAM), discuss the principles and the discontents of DAM while reminding us to back digital asset management for the win. Guests: Elizabeth Keathley and Lisa Grimm, authors of Practical Digital Asset Management First broadcast August 21 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81976 Playlist "I get excited about DAM because I get to geek out about metadata."