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

The librarian who founded and curates International Counterculture Archive at the Global Resources Center at George Washington University discusses hard-bolied magnitizdat (i.e. underground recordings in the Soviet Union).

Guest: Mark Yoffe, Russia, Eurasia, Eastern and Central Europe Resource Center Librarian at George Washington University.

First broadcast April 17 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81243

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"You may be familiar with the Russian word samizdat."

The ongoing series "There's an Archivist for That?" features archival work in unexpected places or with intriguing collections. This episode features a specialist in food & drink archives and library services around the science of food and wine and their role in culture.

Guest: Audrey Russek, Head of the UC Davis Food and Drink Collection

Broadcast April 10, 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81239

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"You might not be looking at the cookbook for the recipes, you might be looking at it to understand community."

For this episode of the GT Library Guidebook series, the show team talks with the librarian who oversees the Georgia Tech Library's website about her 30-year career as webmaster, what managing a website is like these days, and how the website ats as the digital front door of the library.

Part XV of The GT Library Guidebook

Guest: Heather Jeffcoat, Web and Discovery Management Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library.

First broadcast April 3 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81151

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"You ever miss the days when you could change a website just by typing in a few HTML lines?"

Guest: Wayne Li, James L. Oliver Professor of the Practice in the Colleges of Design and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.

First broadcast March 20, 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80843

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"It's always a tricky question to answer without context."

Guest: Dr. Allison Mickel, H. Bruce McEver Chair in Archaeological Science and Technology in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech.

First broadcast March 13 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80732

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"It's not all excavation."

First broadcast March 6 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80730

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"They need the resources, they need the services, they need the space."

Guests: Jody Thompson, Assistant Dean for Archives, Records Management, and Digital Curation, Kirk Henderson, Exhibitions Manager, and Connor Lynch, Exhibits Associate at the Georgia Tech Library.

First broadcast February 20 2026. Transcript: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80711

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"I don't need encouragment or assistance to reminisce about the 90s."

Guest: Dr. Robert "Bo" Jacobs, historian of nuclear technologies.

First broadcast February 13 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80652

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"Yes, optimism!"

First broadcast February 6 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80608

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"I'd like to call it Lucky Thirteen!"

Guest: Dr Lynn Kamerlin, GT professor in the school of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and head of the Kamerlin Lab.

First broadcast January 30 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/80597

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"I called you a champion. That's apt, right?"