Harrison, Gillian

Marketing and Outreach Director - BCR

Speaker's Address/Location

14394 E. Evans Avenue
Aurora, CO  80014

Will travel: Yes
Charges fee: sometimes
Speaker's email: gharrison@bcr.org

Speaker's Website

http://www.bcr.org/

Speaker's Bio/Recent Trainings

 

Gillian Harrison is the director of BCR's Marketing & Outreach division. She manages the teams responsible for all marketing and communications functions and for member outreach relating to products and services and specific library markets. She is one of the contributors to the marketing blog “Get Used” and often consults with libraries on data analysis and brand identity strategy.

Prior to joining BCR, Gillian was at OCLC’s NetLibrary division where she most recently was the global product manager. In that role, she led NetLibrary's product development and research initiatives. Responsible for strategic product planning and implementation of division-wide projects, she worked with business and technology teams to define enhancements and manage ongoing product development. Previously, Gillian managed an indexing team at IHS; was a senior cybrarian responsible for taxonomy creation and maintenance and product classification at an Internet start-up; and worked as a reference librarian in both public and academic libraries. She earned an MLIS from the University of Denver and a BS in Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.