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

Charlie Bennett

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

  1. -5 j

    Digital Asset Management For The Win

    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. Playlist "I get excited about DAM because I get to geek out about metadata."

  2. 14 août

    ENCORE Citizen Archiving III: The Master Tapes

    This encore of Part 3 of the occasional series "Citizen Archiving," which considers the archival actions of private citizens, features an interview with the late Steve Albini, legendary recording engineer and musician, about what must be saved, recorded, and considered when creating the master tapes of musical performances. Part 3 of CITIZEN ARCHIVING Guest: Steve Albini of Electrical Audio. First broadcast February 26 2016. Playlist; Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54619 "There may be no Pixies in the old country..."

  3. 7 août

    Radical Reference on the Radio

    The hosts of the library-themed WRFG Atlanta public-affairs show Radical Reference With Sister Sai talk about how the show started and their values, process, and plans for radical reference on the radio. Guests: Saira Raza and Keeza Hameed, hosts of Radical Reference on WRFG Atlanta (and Emory librarians). First broadcast on August 7 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81972 Playlist "We're not the only game in town any more!"

  4. 31 juil.

    Juvenile Drama

    In the third and final episode of an unofficial "Library of Congress" trilogy, catalogers from the ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on Subfield V Retention discuss the Library of Congress's announcement that they have stopped using Subfield V and form subdivisions, e.g. "Mistaken identity--Juvenile drama." Guests: Chloe Misorski, Head of Cataloging Services and Library Systems at Cleveland Museum of Art; Eduardo Fojo, Media Cataloger Librarian at Florida International University; and Deborah Tomaras, Metadata and Resource Management Librarian at Marist University.  First broadcast July 31 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81971 Playlist "...a bit of the subject heading that tells you not what the item is about but what it is."

  5. 24 juil.

    Episode 690: Rejecting Neutrality

    Catalogers discuss rejecting neutrality in the creation and management of subject headings, taking special notice of the Library of Congress's insistence on (some version of) "neutrality." Guests: Deborah Tomaras, Metadata and Resource Management Librarian at Marist University; Tina Gross, Metadata Analyst at University of Minnesota. First broadcast July 24 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81968 Playlist "We asked Deborah to explain why this quite common term, which has been around since the 1950s, and has literary warrant, was not accepted as a subject heading in 2024."

  6. 10 juil.

    We Don't Have A National Library... Or Do We?

    The show team, with the help of cataloger Sofia Slutskaya, discusses the Library of Congress and tries to answer the question, "We don't have a National Library... or do we?" Guest: Sofia Slutskaya, Head of Resource Description at Emory University Libraries. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81867 First broadcast July 10, 2026. Playlist "As a cataloger, I need a more precise definition."

    We Don't Have A National Library... Or Do We?

  7. 26 juin

    Discarding the Analytic Solution

    A Georgia Tech faculty member describes how using AI to write MATLAB code improved a course on chemical reactor design and the benefits of discarding the analytic solution for complex, real-life problems. Guest: Dr. Michael Filler of the Georgia Tech School of Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering. First broadcast June 26 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81864 Playlist "You are expected to use AI tools in this course."

  8. 12 juin

    Episode 687: Clickbait

    The show team discusses the 2013 blog post "The End of the Library" by M.G. Siegler, clickbait that argued that the economics of ebooks and the existence of the Internet meant that libraries had to change or disappear. First broadcast June 12 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81848 Playlist "Today's episode is called 'The End of the Library.' No it's not, it's called Clickbait."

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

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