Category Archives: Lost in the Stacks

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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 524: Tickets and Tunnels

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.



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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 523: A Material Method for Mental Health

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.



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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 522: The Library of Parliament (Happy Canada Day!)

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.



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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 521: The Industrial Hygienist in the Library

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



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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 519: How to Run a Center

Guests: Jason Aukerman and Carrie Cooper of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at IUPUI.

First broadcast May 13 2022.

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The director and assistant director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies talk about the ins and outs of running a small research center.



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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 518: Who Are You Citing?

Guests: Dr Cassidy Sugimoto, Chair of Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, and Dr Thema Monroe-White, professor of Data Analytics at Berry College

Dr Sugimoto and Dr Monroe-White share their research into how scientific literature citation numbers are unequal among different racial and gender categories.

Playlist at:https://www.wrek.org/2022/04/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-apr-22-2022-who-are-you-citing-episode-518/

 



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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 517: Scholarly Syndication

Guest: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe of the University of Illinois Library and I-School

First broadcast Apr 15, 2022

Lisa explains syndication of scholarly content, and what it might mean for academic libraries.

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2022/04/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-apr-15-2022-scholarly-syndication-episode-517/



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