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Benjamin R. Harris is a Professor and the Head of Instruction Services at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

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Benjamin R. Harris is a Professor and the Head of Instruction Services at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

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Social and Behavioral Sciences, Library and Information Science, and Information Literacy

Critical information literacy, visual information literacy, reflective practices, values/values-development and information literacy learning.

Emerald Literati Network Award of Excellence: “Highly Commended” Award for “Values: The Invisible ‘Ante’ in Information Literacy Learning” in Reference and User Services Quarterly, 2009
Roy and Florena Hadsell Prize for Excellence in Teaching, University of Oklahoma
Outstanding Research/Creative Endeavor, University of Oklahoma
Roy and Florena Hadsell Prize for Research, University of Oklahoma
Floy Elliot Cobb Scholarship for Research, University of Oklahoma

FYE 1600 Great Books of the Ancient World
GNED 1300 Visuality Across the Curriculum
ENGL 1302 Writing Workshop

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4480-2040

Articles in Refereed Journals (10)

Reflective Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges

Reference Services Review (2016)

Anne Jumonville Graf and Benjamin R Harris

Purpose: Librarians engage in assessment for several purposes, such as to improve teaching and learning, or to report institutional value. ...

Subversive Infusions: Integrating Information Literacy Across the Curriculum

The Journal of Academic Librarianship (2013)

Benjamin R Harris

Beginning in 2004, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) requires institutions seeking accreditation to develop a Quality Enhancement ...

The New ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards: Revising Reception

Communications In Information Literacy (2013)

Benjamin R Harris

The publication of educational standards inspires a variety of responses, from wholesale acceptance and deployment to criticism and blame. The ...

SR Visits: The Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research ...

Serials Review (2010)

Benjamin R Harris

Situated atop Persimmon Hill on Oklahoma City's northeast side, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Center has spent forty-five years ...

Blurring Borders, Visualizing Connections: Aligning Information and Visual Literacy Learning ...

Reference Services Review (2010)

Benjamin R Harris

Purpose – This paper seeks to offer a rationale and practical suggestions for the integration of visual literacy instruction and ...

User Study of the Coates Library Home Page: December 2007

Library Faculty Research (2008)

Benjamin R Harris

In 2005 and 2007, usability research studies were conducted in the Coates Library at Trinity University. The purpose of these ...

Communities as Necessity in Information Literacy Development: Challenging the Standards

The Journal of Academic Librarianship (2008)

Benjamin R Harris

Contemporary standards suggest that information literate activity is a solitary process. As a corrective, research and pedagogical theory related to ...

Values: The Invisible ‘Ante’ in Information Literacy Learning?

Reference Services Review (2008)

Benjamin R Harris

Purpose: The ACRL Competency Standards related to learners’ values and value systems has not been interrogated in relation to information ...

Visual Information Literacy Via Visual Means: Three Heuristics

Reference Services Review (2006)

Benjamin R Harris

To offer definitions and application scenarios for three interdisciplinary heuristics designed to encourage a more holistic view of texts with ...

The Usability Study and Change: Pain, Process, and Predictions A ...

Library Faculty Research (2005)

Benjamin R Harris

This supplementary report details the completion, submission, and reception of The Usability Study of the Coates Library Website: Final Report. ...

Unpublished Paper

Citation Creation Resources and Faculty/Student Preferences: A Report

Library Faculty Research (2012)

Benjamin R Harris and Anne Jumonville

After reviewing the RefWorks bibliographic management software’s usage statistics in comparison to its cost, and after considering the impact of ...

Unpublished Paper

Citation Analysis of Upper-Level Student Writing at Trinity University: Final ...

Library Faculty Research (2008)

Benjamin R Harris

During the 2006-07 academic terms, a citation analysis of third- and fourth-year student writing was conducted at Trinity University's Elizabeth ...

Unpublished Paper

Usability Study of the Coates Library Website at Trinity University ...

Library Faculty Research (2008)

Benjamin R Harris

Unpublished Paper

The Usability Study of the Coates Library Website: Final Report

Library Faculty Research (2005)

Benjamin R Harris

Philosophies underlying web design principles and the usability of web architecture change over time. What worked 5 years ago may ...

Are They Ready for college Research?

NEISD Meeting (2012)

Benjamin R Harris

Encountering Values: A Revision of Information Literacy?

Library Faculty Research (2009)

Benjamin R Harris