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jessecarliner.bsky.social @jessecarliner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The final official episode! What a ride it’s been. Some bonus content still to come— interview excerpts that I couldn’t fit into the main episodes. Plus an interview with two artists that have featured Robarts in their work.
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jessecarliner.bsky.social @jessecarliner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I had so much fun interviewing the new students about their first impressions of Robarts Library.
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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
Photo of the Information Commons computer workstations on the first floor of Robarts Library.
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jessecarliner.bsky.social @jessecarliner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Enjoyed taking my colleagues from UofT communications around Robarts for a mini history tour.
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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
Library research using a microfiche catalogue reader. Black and white archival photo. Dial-up telephone modem.
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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
Black and white archival photo of the Robarts Library card catalogue. A long, tall wooden filing cabinet of small drawers.
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jessecarliner.bsky.social @jessecarliner.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🎧 Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts or on Acast: shows.acast.com/the-unquiet-...
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Ep. 6 Facing Austerity | The Unquiet Library: Fifty years of Robarts Library
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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
Black and white archival photo of Robarts Library in the 1970s. A group of women librarians have a tour and are looking at a directory map of with a floor plan of Robarts library and a sign that says “Books must be charged out at…floor”
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🎙️ 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
Photo of a colorful children’s play area in Robarts Library, including child size table and stools and toy storage furniture.
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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
Black and white photo of the Robarts Library reference room card catalog in the 1970s.
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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
Photo of the triangular concrete Robarts Library with cherry blossoms in the foreground.
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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
Puppy trying to get over a wall of magazines and books
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The Unquiet Library Podcast @unquietlibrary.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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
Black and white photo of a large concrete library building of distinctive architecture resembling a peacock or turkey.
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