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

Every Friday, librarians and archivists from the Georgia Tech Library pick a theme and free-associate an hour of music, interviews, and library talk.

Episode 663: Evidence-based and Far Out

Guest: Dr. Mark S. Burton, clinical psychologist First broadcast November 14 2025. Playlist "I think I sort of fell into psychedelics."

11-14
01:00:31

Episode 662: The Gadgets in the Library (The GT Library Guidebook, Part XI)

Guest: Cierra Cooper, Public Services Associate Lead at the Georgia Tech Library First broadcast November 7 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79918  Playlist "You have to replace that."

11-07
01:01:27

Episode 661: Bad Moon Rising

Guest: Alison Reynolds, Research Services and Instruction Archivist & Special Collections Curator, Georgia Tech Archives First broacast on October 31 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79910  Playlist "How do we justify these purchases at an academic library?"

10-31
58:21

Episode 660: Roles and Identities

Guest: Dr. Manda Sexton, Interim Director of Resource Strategy and Management at Kennesaw State University Libraries First broadcast on October 24 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79881  Playlist "Do you like people, and do people like you?"

10-24
58:39

Episode 659: The AI (Actual, In-person) Lawyer

Guest: Philip Burrus of the Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group First broadcast October 10 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79880  Playlist "Normally, I hope his advice for us is to drive at TOP SPEED."

10-10
01:00:16

Episode 658: Down in the Basement

Guest: Alex Brinson, Reference Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast October 3 2025. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79348  Playlist here "Wait, you said 'even colder' in the vault?"

10-03
56:55

Episode 657: Fooling Ourselves

First broadcast September 26 2025. LITS Panel discuss their experiences with imposter syndrome. Playlist here. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/79331  "Uh oh."

09-26
59:12

Episode 656: There's an Archivist for That!? Part III

Guest: Brittan Dunham, film/video archivist and filmmaker First broadcast September 19 2025. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78840 Playlist here "You know what to do when you hear the secret word, right?"

09-19
01:00:31

Episode 655: My First Memory (of Libraries and Archives)

First broadcast September 12 2025. Playlist here. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78830  "We are going to get nostalgic today."

09-12
59:11

Episode 654: The Scholars Event Theater

Guests: Catherine Manci, Public Programming and Community Engagement Librarian, and Felicia Kornegay, Events Manager, from the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast September 5 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78792  Playlist here "You can see their reactions in real-time."

09-05
01:01:07

Episode 653: The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship

Guests: Dr Nicole Cooke (University of South Carolina) and Dr Aisha Johnson (GT Library) First broadcast August 29 2025. Playlist  here. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78787  "Their work was challenged by both official segregationist policies, and unofficial but pervasive bias and discrimination." Find out more about the bookThe Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful

08-29
01:00:05

Episode 652: Belonging in the Inclusive Library

First broadcast Aug 22, 2025.  Playlist here. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78782  "It's also important to remember that there is a diversity of thought."

08-22
59:23

Episode 651: Train the Trainers

First broadcast August 15, 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78772  Playlist here "Educate the educators."

08-15
01:01:01

Episode 650: How To Write a Book About Notebooks

Guest: Roland Allen, author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper First broadcast August 8 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78513 Playlist here "So I have to go by what Leonardo said..."

08-08
59:24

Episode 649: Global Equitable Open Access

Guest: Melissa Hagemann, Director of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), discussing her paper Lessons for the Global Transition to Global Equitable Open Access to Research.  First broadcast August 1 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78436  Playlist here "And that is what we call an inequity."

08-01
59:21

Episode 648: There's An Archivist For That?! Part II

Guest: Allison Schein, Director, Archives and Rights Management at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution First broadcast July 25 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78330  Playlist here "I love audio, and I want to work in Archives!"

07-25
01:01:03

Episode 647: You Can Take It With You

Guests: Danielle Evans, Affordable Learning Librarian; Justin Ellis, Digital Learning & Instruction Librarian; Karen Manning, Student Experience Librarian; and Raven Davis, Research Scientist in Data Analytics, all from the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast July 18 2025. Transcript: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78035  Playlist here "We're here to bust the myth."

07-18
58:56

Episode 646: Georgia Heritage Responders

Guests: Tina Seetoo, Preservation Manager at the Delta Flight Museum and Chair of Georgia Heritage Responders, and Erica Hague, Collections Manager at the Atlanta History Center and Communications Manager for Georgia Heritage Responders. First broadcast July 11 2025. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78025  Playlist here "I'm looking forward to learning all about this organization that responds to Georgia's heritage."

07-11
01:00:27

Episode 645: The IMLS: Grappling with Uncertainty in the Time of DOGE

Guests: Dennis Nangle and Ashley Sands of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) First broadcast June 27 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/78008  Playlist here "Our listeners probably know about DOGE."

06-27
01:02:24

Episode 644: The Notebook Age

Guest: Roland Allen, author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper First broadcast June 20 2025. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/77968 Playlist here "You say quite casually that this is the computer age."

06-20
59:58

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