Christina Hilburger

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Ms. Hilburger, Research and Information Literacy Services Librarian at Reed Library, coordinates Library Instruction Services, co-leads Open Fredonia—an open education initiative, and fulfills various other roles within the library and across campus.

Teaching Interests

Dedicated to cultivating students as both consumers and creators of information, my teaching interests align with the ACRL Framework, incorporating the principles of metaliteracy. Embracing the notion that information literacy is a dynamic set of abilities, I emphasize the importance of students participating successfully in collaborative spaces, fostering behavioral, affective, cognitive, and metacognitive engagement with the information ecosystem. With a special emphasis on metacognition or critical self-reflection, I strive to empower learners to navigate the rapidly changing information landscape, encouraging them to become more self-directed in their exploration and creation of knowledge.

Research Interests

Information Literacy, High-School-to-College Transition, Open Educational Practices (OEP)

Awards and Honors

• Instructional Incentive Award for Classroom Innovations, SUNY Fredonia: Professional Development Center (2023).
• SUNYLA Professional Development Grant, SUNY Librarians Association (2021).
• IDEAL ’19: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives Scholarship, Association of College & Research Libraries (2019).

License/Certification

• Creative Commons for Academic Librarians
• SPARC Open Education Leadership Program

Professional Membership

• American Library Association (ALA)
• Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
• State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA)
• Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Programs

• Open Fredonia: Empowering Faculty and Students Through Open Education, SUNY OER Services Impact Grants (2023).

Intellectual Contributions

• "Keeping Up With... Automatic Textbook Billing," American Library Association/Association of College and Research Libraries (2023).
• "Learning Beyond the Classroom: Collaboration Between Information Studies Students and GLAMs [Article]," Digital Studies/le Champ Numérique (2021).
• "Character Amnesia: An Overview [Article]," Sino-Platonic Papers (2016).

Media Contributions

• "On the Digital Humanities [Book Review]," Choice Reviews (2024).
• "Gale Digital Scholar Lab [Database Review]," Choice Reviews (2024).
• "A Primer for Teaching Digital History [Book Review]," Choice Reviews (2023).
• "Sam Now [Film Review]," Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO) (2023).
• "Class of COVID 19: A Documentary Film [Film Review]," Educational Media Reviews Online (2023).
• "Fast Fashion: The Real Price of Low-Cost Fashion. [Film Review]," Educational Media Reviews Online (2022).
• "Plagiarism in Higher Education [Book Review]," Choice Reviews (2022).
• "The People vs. Agent Orange. [Film Review]," Educational Media Reviews (2021).
• "Breach of Trust. [Film Review]," Educational Media Reviews Online (2021).
• "Feels Good Man [Film Review]," Educational Media Reviews Online (2021).
• "The Disrupted. [Film Review]," Educational Media Reviews Online (2021).

Presentations

• "Eclipsing Expectations: Insights from Early-Career Librarians Post-Library School," SUNYLA Annual Conference (2024).
• "Eclipsing Isolation: A Student-Librarian Collaboration for a Community-Building Book Club," SUNYLA Annual Conference (2024).
• "Roll for Initiative: Using Dungeons & Dragons to Reinvent a Library Orientation for First-Year Students," ENY/ACRL Conference (2024).
• "Building Community Through Literature: Student-Librarian Collaboration for a Post-Pandemic Book Club," ENY/ACRL Conference (2024).
• "Educating College Students: Media Literacy Strategies for Combating Misinformation Before, During, and After Exposure," SUNY Digital Learning Conference (2024).
• "SUNY Fredonia Nexus: Librarian-Faculty Collaborations in Open Science, Lit Bombs, and Beyond," SUNY OLIS - Library Research Showcase (2024).
• "Promoting Students’ Scientific Literacy through Open Science: A Collaborative Approach," Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT) (2024).
• "Introduction to Dryad for Fredonia Researchers," Year of Open Science@Reed Series (2023).
• "Open Educational Resources - School of Business Workshop," Open Fredonia/Professional Development Center (2023).
• "Empowering Patrons, Shaping Libraries: Patron Driven Library Advisory Committees," Intersect (2023).
• "Quest For Connection: How A Dungeons and Dragons-themed Library Orientation Brought Students Together," Intersect (2023).
• "Scaling OER Integration Across Disciplines - Strategies, Challenges, and Milestones," SUNY OER Summit (2023).
• "Exploring the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy: A Comparative Analysis with AASL Standards," Bridging the Information Literacy Skills Gap Mini-Conference (2023).
• "All Hands On Deck: Librarian, Professor, and Student Perspectives on Implementing a Collaborative Open Pedagogy Project," SUNYLA Annual Conference (2023).
• "ChatGPT for Educators: Exploring AI Applications in Higher Education," SUNY Fredonia's Teaching & Learning Conference (2023).
• "Copyright Compliance in Online Learning Environments: Fair Use in the Classroom Redefined," SUNY Fredonia's Teaching & Learning Conference (2023).
• "From Closed to Open: Introducing Dryad and the Era of Open Science," SUNY Fredonia's Teaching & Learning Conference (2023).
• "Impact of a Student Advisory Council: Utilizing Student Voices to Enhance the Student Experience in an Academic Library," SUNYLA Annual Conference (2023).
• "Open Education & Affordability School of Business Half-Day Workshop," Open Fredonia/Professional Development Center (2023).
• "OER Refresher Half-Day Workshop," Open Fredonia/Professional Development Center (2023).
• "A Discussion on the High School to College Transition: An Academic Librarian Panel," Bridging the Information Literacy Skills Gap Mini-Conference (2022).
• "Open Fredonia: Building Upon an Established OER Initiative," SUNYLA Annual Conference (2022).
• "Embedded Librarianship: Moving Beyond One-Shot Library Instruction," SUNY Fredonia's Teaching & Learning Conference (2021).
• "SIFTing Soils: Growing Beyond the CRAAP Method in Library Instruction," SUNYLA Annual Conference (2021).
• "From Adoption to Creation, Expanding an Established OER Program," Eastern New York - ACRL Conference (2021).
• "Diigo," SUNY Fredonia's Tools for Engagement Day (2021).
• "Using Library Resources with your Remote Students," SUNY Fredonia's Teaching & Learning Conference (2020).
• "A Holistic Approach to DH Projects: Collaboration between Students and GLAMS [Panel]," Digital Humanities Conference (2020).