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  • Archival Material
    The Future in the Past
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025-01-31) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Discussion portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 626. Features the show hosts discussing the article "Yahoo! and the Abdication of Judgment", by Laura Cohen, published in 2001 in the magazine American Libraries. Hosts discuss how librarians feared or embraced new online tools and platforms at the dawn of the internet, and how this article reflected (or diverged) from common thinking about libraries at the time.
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    Steering the EdTech Ship
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025-01-24) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 625. Features interview with Warren Goetzel, discussing his role in leading educational technology initiatives at Georgia Tech. Warren is Director of Academic Technology and Engagement for Georgia Tech’s Office of Information Technology & Director of External and Faculty Engagement with the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U).
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    Improve the Situation
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025-01-17) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 624. Features interview with Jordan Moore, the User Experience Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library, discussing how she has adapted to her new position and new location, what a User Experience librarian does, and her brief appearance on the game show "Jeopardy!" in 2018.
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    LITSmas 2024: Christmas Cooking
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-12-20) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Discussion portion of Lost in the Stacks episode 623. Features the Lost in the Stacks panel discussing holiday cooking traditions and memories.
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    Can Learning be Affordable? And Can the Library Help?
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-12-13) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 622. Features interview with Danielle Evans discussing her role as the Affordable Learning Librarian at Georgia Tech, and advocating for open educational resources and affordable educational resources with faculty and institute administration.
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    The Fifth Floor But Also Everywhere Else
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-12-06) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 621. Features interview with Martin Patrick, Head of Technical Services at the Georgia Tech Library, about what services are included in "Technical Services", and how they are a crucial part of everything the library does.
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    Whither Google Scholar?
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-11-22) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Discussion portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 620. Features hosts discussing the current and future pitfalls of the Google Scholar platform, and why its widespread use by academics could be problematic.
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    Growing Art at the Georgia Tech Library
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-11) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 619. Features interview with Dr Bojanna Ginn, discussing her art, and her time as the Georgia Tech Library's Artist-in-Residence.
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    Scholarly Publishing on an AI Hamster Wheel
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024-11-08) Bennett, Charlie ; Rascoe, Fred ; Givens, Marlee ; McGee, Alex
    Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks, episode 618. Features interview with Dr Lai Ma of the University College Dublin, discussing how AI will impact the scholarly publishing ecosystem, particularly with respect to bibliographic diversity.
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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.