New episode! Ep. 9 of The Unquiet Library: “Bringing the University Online.” From word processing to email, dial-up access, and the first library and university websites, discover how Robarts helped move #UofT into the digital age. 🎧 shows.acast.com/the-unquiet-... @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

Enjoyed taking my colleagues from UofT communications around Robarts for a mini history tour.

University of Toronto@utoronto.ca · 3mo ago

We took a behind-the-scenes tour of #UofT’s Robarts Library with librarian & podcast host Jesse Carliner, who explored the brutalist icon’s history & secrets, including the question he gets most: is Robarts sinking under the weight of all those books? Spoiler: It’s just a myth 🎧

Before Google and WiFi, there was microfiche and dialing into the internet by phone. Episode 8 explores how Robarts Library helped invent the future of library and research technology. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or Acast: shows.acast.com/the-unquiet-... @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

Episode 7 is out! The Unquiet Library dives into the analogue world of Robarts: card catalogues, ringing telephones, typewriters, conveyor belts, and the rhythms of pre-digital research. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧 📚 #uoft #libraries #toronto @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

🎧 Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts or on Acast: shows.acast.com/the-unquiet-...

Ep. 6 Facing Austerity | The Unquiet Library: Fifty years of Robarts Library

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The Unquiet Library Podcast@unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Austerity isn’t new and neither are tensions around technology, labour, and funding. Episode 6 of The Unquiet Library, “Facing Austerity,” explores Robarts Library’s strikes and what they might tell us about today’s universities. #AcademicLibraries #HigherEd @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

Unquiet Library Episode 5 out now! “The Pink Collar” looks at the gendered history of Robarts Library. Stories of resistance, resilience, and reform, told through oral history. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts or on Acast shows.acast.com/the-unquiet-... @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

🎙️ New episode is live: From Fort Book to the Heart of Campus. This episode traces how librarians, staff and advocates pushed for accessibility, better service, and spaces where students could feel safe, supported and at home. 🎧 shows.acast.com/the-unquiet-... @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

Before search engines, there were card catalogues, and the librarians who guarded them. Episode 3 of The Unquiet Library looks back at this iconic space and these brilliant and formidable human search engines. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

Brutalism is back, and in Episode 2, we explore how Robarts went from “Toronto’s ugliest building” to a beloved icon (especially in cherry blossom season 🌸). Has the world finally caught up to Robarts? 🎧 Episode 2 is out now! #UofT #RobartsLibrary #Brutalism #TorontoArchitecture #Toronto

Learn why Robarts Library is so hard to navigate. Episode 1 is out now: “Toronto’s Ugliest Building?”. 🎧Listen now: shows.acast.com/the-unquiet-... #UofT #TorontoPodcast #AcademicLibraries #Brutalism #TorontoArchitecture #Libraries

Ugly or iconic? Robarts Library has been called many things — but the stories inside are far louder than the architecture. The Unquiet Library— now streaming everywhere. #TheUnquietLibrary #RobartsLibrary #TorontoPodcast #TorontoHistory #UofT #Brutalism #TorontoArchitecture