# Episode 697: Between Librarianship and IT

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Podcast: [Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-in-the-stacks-the-research-library-rock-n-roll-radio-show-390345)
Published: 2026-09-18T19:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3542

## Resource

For an Introduce Yourself show, a systems librarian discusses the many facets of his professional identity and the points of intersection for librarianship and information technology in his job. Guest: Thomas Waters, Library Systems Technologist at the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast September 18 2026. Playlist "... in the center of the Venn diagram between librarianship and information technology."

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