About
FORSKNINGSINTERESSE
My overarching research interest is in how libraries and other cultural institutions work to promote and support inclusion, citizenship, democracy and the public sphere through intercultural meetings and user participation.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
PubLIB for Refugees (2022 - present) (https://sites.google.com/view/publib-for-refugees/home)
NIAGARA: Navigating the Digital Landscape: Libraries Partnering for Change (2023-2026)
EDUCATION
2017 PhD Oslo Metropolitan University, Library and Information Science
2014 MA Malmö University, International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER)
2010 MA University of Arizona, Information Resources and Library Science (MLIS)
2005 BA University of Iceland, Library and Information Science, minor in Spanish
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Huvila, Isto; Johnston, Jamie; Roued-Cunliffe, Henriette (2022). LAMs and the participatory turn. Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Casper; Rydbeck, Kerstin; Larsen, Håkon (Ed.). Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Transition: Changes, Challenges, and Convergence in a Scandinavian Perspective. 12. Routledge.
Jochumsen, Henrik; Johnston, Jamie; Vårheim, Andreas (2022). Pursuing sustainable futures through LAMs. Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Casper; Rydbeck, Kerstin; Larsen, Håkon (Ed.). Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Transition: Changes, Challenges, and Convergence in a Scandinavian Perspective. 16. p. 215-229. Routledge.
Johnston, Jamie; Jochumsen, Henrik; Edquist, Samuel (2022). LAMs and community: Deepening connections. Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Casper; Rydbeck, Kerstin; Larsen, Håkon (Ed.). Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Transition: Changes, Challenges, and Convergence in a Scandinavian Perspective. 14. Routledge.
Rydbeck, Kerstin; Johnston, Jamie; Pálsdóttir, Ágústa; Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Vårheim, Andreas; Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Casper; Jochumsen, Henrik
(2022).
Social reading and the public sphere in Nordic public libraries: a comparative study.
7 p.
Information research
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Vol. 27.
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/28250
Johnston, Jamie; Pálsdóttir, Ágústa; Mierzecka, Anna; Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Hobohm, Hans-Christoph; Rydbeck, Kerstin; Toth, Mate; Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Casper; Jochumsen, Henrik; Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Evjen, Sunniva (2021). Public librarians' perception of their professional role and the library's role in supporting the public sphere: a multi-country comparison. Journal of Documentation .
Rydbeck, Kerstin; Johnston, Jamie (2020). LAM institutions: a Cross-country Comparison of Legislation and Statistics on Services and Use. Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Andresen, Herbjørn; Fagerlid, Cicilie; Henningsen, Erik; Hobohm, Hans-Christoph; Jochumsen, Henrik; Larsen, Håkon; Vold, Tonje (Ed.). Libraries, Archives and Museums as Democratic Public Spaces in a Digital Age. Chapter 2. p. 25-52. De Gruyter Saur.
Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Aabø, Svanhild; Blomgren, Roger; Evjen, Sunniva; Jochumsen, Henrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rasmussen, Casper Havnegaard; Vårheim, Andreas; Johnston, Jamie; Koizumi, Masanori
(2019).
Public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere: A comprehensive review of research.
Journal of Documentation
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Vol. 75.
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17847
Johnston, Jamie (2018). The use of conversation-based programming in public libraries to support integration in increasingly multiethnic societies. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science . Vol. 50.
Johnston, Jamie (2017). Friendship potential: Conversation-based programming and immigrant integration. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science . Vol. 51.
Johnston, Jamie; Audunson, Ragnar Andreas (2017). Supporting immigrants' political integration through discussion and debate in public libraries. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science . Vol. 51.
