Justin Harrison
Justin Harrison, BA, MLIS
Learning Commons Librarian
Room 135h
Mearns Centre for Learning
University of Victoria Libraries
PO Box 1800 STN CSC
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3H5
Canada
Tel. 250.721.8276
Fax. 250.721.8235
email: justinh (at) uvic (dot) ca
Librarian Experience
University of Victoria: 2007-
University of Guelph: 2004-2007
Education
Graduate Certificate in Library Sector Leadership, University of Victoria, 2011
Master's in Library and Information Science, University of Western Ontario, 2003
Bachelor's of Art (History), Simon Fraser University, 2002
Diploma (Culinary Arts), Malaspina University-College, 1997
Publications
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. "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.