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    In the Warehouse District
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-11-01) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 617. Features interview with Nic Fann, the Records Administrator for the Georgia Tech Archives. Nic discusses how records management works at Georgia Tech, and what goes on at the off-site warehouse where records are kept.
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    New Archivist, Digital Problems
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-10-25) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 616. Features interview with Cliff Landis, the new Digital Curation Archivist at the Georgia Tech Library, about his job, digital preservation, and why the universe is hostile to computers.
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    The Uproar Class
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-10-11) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 615. Features interviews with Afra Bolefski, Inclusive User Experience Strategist at the University of Toronto; Mai Lu, Head of Public Services & Outreach at University of Toronto Mississauga, and Xiying Mi, Head of Resource Description at University of Wisconsin-Madison. They discuss their participation in the ACRL Leadership and Career Development Program, as part of the "Uproar Class" of 2022-2023.
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    The Science Fiction Lounge
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-10-04) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 614. Features interview with Matt Frizzell, Assessment Librarian and Science Fiction specialist at the Georgia Tech Library, discussing the Georgia Tech science fiction collection and the sci-fi lounge in the library.
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    The Human in the Loop
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-09-20) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 613. Features interview with Arnetta Girardeau, Copyright and Licensing librarian at UNC Charlotte, discussing her Ethical Framework for Sustainable Cultural Heritage, and keeping people centered when considering access policies for digital archives.
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    On Beyond Cataloging
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-09-13) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks episode 612. Features interview with Presley Dyer, Metadata Librarian at Georgia Tech, discussing the relationship between metadata and cataloging, and her collaboration with the Towns County Historical Society in Georgia.
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    The GT Library Guidebook
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-09-06) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 611. Features interview with Jason Wright, Communications Manager at the Georgia Tech Library, discussing the strategies for planning and conducting a tour of the academic library spaces.
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    DIY Punk Strategies in the Library Classroom
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-08-23) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 610. Includes interview with Edward Gloor, Teaching and Learning Librarian at the University of Houston Libraries, and Kevin Adams, the Information Literacy Librarian at Alfred University. Kevin and Edward discuss how concepts borrowed from a strong DIY punk community can be applied to library instruction and critical information literacy.
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    You Can't Digitize Everything
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-08-16) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 605. Features interview with Katie Gentilello, Digital Projects Coordinator at the Georgia Tech Library, discussing the recent digitization of the collected letters and papers of Lyman Hall, president of Georgia Tech from 1896-1905.
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    Three More Themes
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-07-26) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Discussion portion of Lost in the Stacks. Features hosts Charlie, Marlee and Fred (along with drop-in guest Cody Turner) discussing 3 different but somehow related themes: 1)Librarians saying 'no', 2)A modern idea of a library vs a traditional idea of a library (using public libraries in Austin TX and New York as examples), and 3) What academic librarian job candidates go through on their in-person interview day.