Justin Harrison

Librarian Experience

University of Victoria: 2007-

University of Guelph: 2004-2007

Education

Graduate Certificate in Library Sector Leadership, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, 2011

Master's in Library and Information Science, Faculty of Infomation & Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2003

Bachelor's of Art (History), Simon Fraser University, 2002

Publications

Boudinot, D., Blair, B., Harrison, J. & Rollins, C. (2018). Supporting student retention and success: Personal Librarian Program at the University of Victoria. In K. Bailin, B. Jahre, & S. Morris (Eds.), Planning Academic Library Orientations: Case Studies From Around the World (pp. 77-85). Cambridge, MA: Chandos Publishing.

Harrison, J. (2015). Pleasures of nostalgia, problems of authenticity: 1970s America in Crowe’s Almost Famous, Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, and Scorsese’s The Last Waltz. In P. Drummond (Ed.), The London Film & Media Reader 3: The Pleasures of the Spectacle (pp. 554-565). London: The London Symposium.

Harrison, J. (2009). Crossing Boundaries: Facing the challenges of library instruction and research from evolving interdisciplinary topics. In B. Sietz (Ed.), Unchartered Waters: Tapping the Depths of Our Community to Enhance Learning. Thirty-fifth national LOEX library instruction conference proceedings (pp. 23-26). Ypsilanti, Michigan: LOEX Press.

Harrison, J. & Rourke, L. (2006). The benefits of buy-in: Integrating information literacy into each year of an academic program. Reference Services Review, 34(4), 599-606.  

Presentations

Harrison, J., Butterfield, M., & Abram, L. "Cross-campus Collaboration: Planting the Seeds of your Social Media Dreams." Vancouver Island Library Staff Conference, Victoria, BC, May 3, 2024.

Harrison, J. "The Scope and Utility of Netnography: Studying Textual and Media Communications in Online Environments." AGES Conference, University of Victoria, April 9, 2024.

Harrison, J. "The Anatomy of Fake News: Definitions, Differentiations, and Consequences." Information, Medium & Society: Twenty-first International Conference on Publishing Studies, Sorbonne University, Paris, France, June 30, 2023.

Harrison, J. “Fake News information-seeking behavior on the web: Lessons from analytics of a popular learning object.” International Conference on Communication and Media Studies: “Media and Development,” London, UK, July 2, 2022.

 Harrison, J. “Saga in the shadow of the War on Terror: Liberalism’s struggle for survival in a neoliberal age.” English 240, University of Victoria, Oct. 2021.

 Harrison, J. "Libraries as sites of authority: How the library's information structures and tools shape researchers' information behavours." International Conference on Communication and Media Studies: Media, Data, and Society, London, UK, August 11, 2019.

Harrison, J. "Bound for the Promised Land: Pursued by darkness in Kleist's Johnny Cash." Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Comics, Congress 2019, Vancouver, BC, June 5, 2019.

Harrison, J. "Implementing a new initiative to build organizational capacity: The Digital Information Fluencies program at the University of Victoria Libraries." Nineteenth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations, Vancouver, BC, February, 2019.

Harrison, J. "Mama Cass as Object of Desire in California Dreamin.'" Graphic women: Beyond stereotypes panel, IdeaFest, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, March, 2018.

Harrison, J. "A Pacifying Narcotic: The Avengers as a Cold War Entertainment." Spies on British Screens, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK, June 2016.

Harrison, J. “What’s in a name?: Describing and finding graphic novels across the spectrum.” La Science du mot / The Science of Words, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, October, 2015.

Harrison, J. “Graphic novels: From pulp to iPad.” Digital Humanities Summer Institute, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, June 2015, 2016, & 2017.

Harrison, J. “Graphic Novels in Learning, Teaching, and Library Collection: A Study at the University of Victoria.” IdeaFest, University of Victoria, March, 2015.

Harrison, J. “Cinematic style through subtitles and translation: Reading the Hollywood Western in Lucky Luke.” The Graphic Novel: 3^rd Global Conference, Oxford, UK, September, 2014.

 Harrison, J.  “Graphic Novels.” Presentation and workshop, Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Victoria, BC, June 2014.

 Harrison, J. “Lucky Luke: The Lonesome Cowboy Collection.” Presentation as part of Alumni Week, Special Collections, University of Victoria, February, 2014.

Harrison, J. "Pleasures of nostalgia, problems of authenticity: 1970s America in Crowe’s Almost Famous, Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, and Scorsese’s The Last Waltz." Film and Media 2013 conference, London, UK, June 28, 2013.

Harrison, J. & Warren, P. “Creative collaborations: Learning Commons workshops for student success.” WILU conference, Regina, Sask., June 3, 2011.

Harrison, J. “(Re)imagining the 70s: Nostalgia vs. authenticity in three films.” Joint Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association national conference, New Orleans, LA, April 10, 2009. 

Harrison, J. & Bebbinton, T. “Teaching a new paradigm: Towards rewarding instruction for librarian and students.” WILU conference, Kelowna, BC, May 15, 2008.

Harrison, J. “An all-American band: Or, how Van Halen (double-hand) tapped into American mythology and iconography for success.” Joint Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association national conference, San Francisco, CA, March 21, 2008.

Harrison, J. “Crossing boundaries: Facing the challenges of library instruction and research from evolving interdisciplinary topics.” LOEX conference, San Diego, CA, May 4, 2007.

Harrison, J., Rourke, L., & Burpee, K. J. “The benefits of buy-in: Integrating information literacy into each year of an academic program.” LOEX-of-the-West conference, Kona, Hawaii, June 10, 2006.