{"65158":{"#nid":"65158","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Library Staffers Find Second Calling \u2014 as DJs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is home to a lot of things \u2014 international researchers, Fulbright scholars and even an Oscar. But the Institute has one more claim to fame that you might not be aware of. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c\u2018Lost in the Stacks\u2019 is the world\u2019s first and only research library rock n\u2019 roll radio show,\u201d said Ameet Doshi, one of the show\u2019s co-hosts.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoshi had some DJ experience from his undergraduate years in Knoxville, Tenn., and wanted to get back onto the airwaves. So, when Charlie Bennett, a commons coordinator at the library, approached Doshi, a user engagement librarian and assessment coordinator, about the library being on the radio, he jumped at the chance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat I meant was that the library should send announcements and maybe little featurettes to WREK,\u201d said Bennett, a self-professed \u201cradio and music geek\u201d who had always wanted to do a radio show. \u201cAmeet thought I meant we should start a library radio show \u2014 he convinced me in about three minutes.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two spent most of the fall 2009 semester planning and scheduling their first show, which took place in January 2010, and they\u2019ve been on Fridays at noon on WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM ever since.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe show focuses on library-related topics, which are developed during a brainstorming session that occurs about a month before the semester begins. The two sketch out 15 to 18 topics that have included \u201cFilm and the Library\u201d and \u201cThe Library at Night.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShows feature interviews with guests related to the respective theme (the goal is always to have at least one student, a librarian or library staff member and a faculty member on each show) interspersed with theme-related music. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, the \u201cFilm and the Library\u201d show included interviews with students from the BuzzStudios Film Club, a School of Literature, Communication and Culture professor and the librarian responsible for managing the film collection, as well as indie-rock songs related to filmmaking or actors and actresses (e.g., \u201cClark Gable\u201d by The Postal Service).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSelecting the songs is both challenging and fun, since we want to adhere to WREK\u2019s ethic of playing music not heard on commercial radio,\u201d Doshi said. \u201cAlso, we classify each set of music on the Library of Congress Subject Heading for that theme. So, the music set for the film show is filed under PN 1993.5.G7.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the future, both Doshi and Bennett hope to make every episode of the show available for download. But, copyright issues are slowing down the process. For now, listeners can stream the past week\u2019s episode \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wrek.org\/fridayshows\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about \u201cLost in the Stacks,\u201d visit the show\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lostinthestacks.org\u0022\u003EFaceBook page\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is home to a lot of things \u2014 international researchers, \nFulbright scholars and even an Oscar. But the Institute has one more \nclaim to fame that you might not be aware of. It\u0027s home to the \u0022world\u2019s first and only research \nlibrary rock n\u2019 roll radio show,\u201d said Ameet Doshi, one of the show\u2019s \nco-hosts.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-03-25 07:39:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:26","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65159":{"id":"65159","type":"image","title":"Lost in the Stacks","body":null,"created":"1449176801","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:41","changed":"1475894574","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:54","alt":"Lost in the Stacks","file":{"fid":"192180","name":"Lost_in_the_Stacks.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lost_in_the_Stacks_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lost_in_the_Stacks_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":952332,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Lost_in_the_Stacks_0.jpg?itok=L95Nu5PC"}}},"media_ids":["65159"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/lostinthestacks.org\/","title":"Lost in the Stacks Facebook Page"},{"url":"http:\/\/wrek.org\/fridayshows","title":"Lost in the Stacks Streaming Audio"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12500","name":"Ameet Doshi"},{"id":"12501","name":"Charlie Bennett"},{"id":"1205","name":"Library"},{"id":"12499","name":"Lost in the Stacks"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}