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As the Information Literacy Librarian at UNCW Library, I work with students and faculty in First-Year and Transfer Seminars, the Honors College, and English Composition. I also co-facilitate the Critical Information Literacy Immersion Program.

Education

• MS in Library and Information Studies, Florida State University, 2016
• Graduate Certificate in Reference Services, Florida State University, 2016
• BA in English/Technical Communication, University of Central Florida, 2014

Selected Professional Experience

• Information Literacy Librarian, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2022 - present
• Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian, Louisiana State University, 2017 - 2022
• Assistant Professor & Librarian, Hodges University, 2015 - 2017
• Database Maintenance Assistant/Technical Services & Mail Assistant, 2014 - 2015

Current Professional Service

• Association of College & Research Libraries Instruction Section Mentoring Committee
• NCLINe (North Carolina Library Instruction Network) Steering Committee
• Editorial Review Board Member, College & Undergraduate Libraries
• Reviewer, Communications in Information Literacy
• Co-Founder, Louisiana Virtual Academic Library Conference

Recent Presentations

• "The IL Jam Sessions: Developing a Community of Practice for Revitalizing Information Literacy Instruction," NC Live Annual Conference, May 2024.
• "More Than One Shot: Collectively Scaffolding Information Literacy in the First-Year Seminar," LOEX Fall Focus, October 2023.
• "Building (and Rebuilding) an Inclusive Information Literacy Lesson from Inception to Assessment," with Kiana Webster and Sam Zelick, The Innovative Library Classroom, June 2023.

Selected Publications

• O'Neill, B., Comeaux, D., Miller, M., Russo, M. & Tompkins, Z. (2024). The Trans* Collections Project: Conducting a Diversity Audit to Assess, Grow, and Make a Collection More Discoverable. In Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions.
• O’Neill, B., Willey, M. E. & Binder, A. H. (2022). Meeting a Need: Piloting a Mentoring Program for History Librarians. Library Leadership & Management, 36(2).
• O'Neill, B, LeBlanc, A. (2022). A Database By Any Other Name: Instructor Language Preferences for Library Resources: Faculty Language Preferences for Library Resources. New Review of Academic Librarianship.
• O'Neill, B. (2021). Authority is Constructed and Contextual: Empowering Students to Navigate Privilege in Academic Publishing. College & Research Libraries News (11th ed., vol. 82). Chicago, IL: Association of College & Research Libraries.
• O'Neill, B. (2021). Three-Layer Primary Source Dip: Introducing History Students to Primary Source Research through Active Learning. In The Teaching with Primary Sources Cookbook (pp. 16-18). Chicago, IL: Association of College & Research Libraries.
• O'Neill, B., Kelley, R. N. (2021). Delivering Bad News: Crisis Communication Methods in Academic Libraries. College & Research Libraries, 82(3), 310-331.
• O'Neill, B. (2021). Do They Know It When They See It?: Natural Language Preferences of Undergraduate Students for Library Resources. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 28(2).