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Jamie Johnston

Jamie Johnston

About

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 INTERESTS

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

Scientific publications

Johnston, Jamie; Huvila, Isto; Jochumsen, Henrik; Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Mierzecka, Anna; Pálsdóttir, Ágústa (2023). LAM professionals' roles and attitudes to user participation in Norway and Sweden. Library & Information Science Research. Vol. 45.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2023.101249

Igarashi, Tomoya; Koizumi, Masanori; Johnston, Jamie (2023). Public Library Programming and Events for Overcoming Social Divisions. Libri.
https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2023-0014

Tveit, Åse Kristine; Johnston, Jamie (2023). Talking about picturebooks in libraries’ language cafes. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006231173681

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. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003188834

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. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003188834

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. Vol. 27 .
https://doi.org/10.47989/colis2234

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. p. 215-229. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003188834

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.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2021-0178

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 (Ed.). Libraries, Archives and Museums as Democratic Public Spaces in a Digital Age. p. 25-52. De Gruyter Saur.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110636...

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. Vol. 75.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2018-0157





These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete