Holly S. Hebert

Assistant Professor

Holly S. Hebert
(615) 898-5378
Room 356, College of Education Building (COE)
MTSU Box 91, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Office Hours

Virtual Office Hours:

I check and answer my email every day. I'm available to chat, Zoom, or meet. Just email me and let me know what time/day works best for you.

Degree Information

  • MS, California State University, East Bay (2010)
  • MLIS, Wayne State University (2004)
  • BS, Abilene Christian University (1989)
  • AA, Northeastern Christian Junior College (1987)

Areas of Expertise

Library science, online learning, collection development, information literacy, public libraries.

Biography

Holly S. Hebert is an Assistant Professor in the Master of Library Science Program in the Womack Educational Leadership Department at Middle Tennessee State University.  She received her MLIS from Wayne State University, her MSEd-OTL from California State University, East Bay, and is currently a doctoral student in the Assessment, Learning, and Student Success: Higher Education EdD Program at MTSU (expected completion 2023). Her research interests include information literacy, collection...

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Holly S. Hebert is an Assistant Professor in the Master of Library Science Program in the Womack Educational Leadership Department at Middle Tennessee State University.  She received her MLIS from Wayne State University, her MSEd-OTL from California State University, East Bay, and is currently a doctoral student in the Assessment, Learning, and Student Success: Higher Education EdD Program at MTSU (expected completion 2023). Her research interests include information literacy, collection development, public libraries, online learning, and library science education. When she's not in a library or teaching about libraries, she can be found hiking, traveling, cooking, eating, photographing things, knitting badly, doing genealogy, and spending time with her family.

 

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Publications

Hebert, H.S., Reed, K.N., & Krahenbuhl, K.S. (2023). A two-phased study examining graduate library student knowledge gains and perceptions of information literacy modules. Journal of Graduate Librarianship, 1(1). [Accepted for Publication].

Hebert, H.S., Dye, C.K., Lauber, D. E., Roy, D.P., Harden, V., Wrye, B.A., Harris, A., Hendrix, S.P., Sheehan-Smith, L., Zhang, H. (2023). Connecting online graduate students to the university community. Journal of Higher Education...

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Hebert, H.S., Reed, K.N., & Krahenbuhl, K.S. (2023). A two-phased study examining graduate library student knowledge gains and perceptions of information literacy modules. Journal of Graduate Librarianship, 1(1). [Accepted for Publication].

Hebert, H.S., Dye, C.K., Lauber, D. E., Roy, D.P., Harden, V., Wrye, B.A., Harris, A., Hendrix, S.P., Sheehan-Smith, L., Zhang, H. (2023). Connecting online graduate students to the university community. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 23(2), 190-201. 

Hebert, H. & Huwieler, C. (2022). Adult large print collections in the United States: An exploratory survey. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 54(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000620985921

Hebert, H. & Huwieler, C. (2020). Exploring adult large print user preferences at a suburban public library. Public Library Quarterly, 40(5), 463-480. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01616846.2020.1825589 

Hebert, H. (2020). Preparing to work with homeschooling families. In V. Gubnitskaia & C. Smallwood (Eds.), Homeschooling and libraries: New solutions and opportunities (1st ed., pp.96-105). McFarland & Company.  

Hebert, H. (2020). Providing vibrant social opportunities for homeschooling families. In V. Gubnitskaia & C. Smallwood (Eds.), Homeschooling and libraries: New solutions and opportunities (1st ed., pp.182-190). McFarland & Company.  

Hebert, H., & Reed, K. (2019). Understanding incoming MLS graduate student proficiency and perceptions of information literacy skills [Juried paper]. Association for Library and Information Science Education Conference. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/105311  

Hebert, H. & Lambert, F. (2019). Providing voter registration and election information in libraries: A survey of public libraries in Tennessee. Public Library Quarterly, 40(1), 33-46. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01616846.2019.1688079

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Presentations

Hebert, H.S. (2023, April 12). Interlibrary loan: An unsung hero. [Conference session]. Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN. https://tnla23.sched.com/.

Hebert, H.S. (2023, April 12). Too tired to think big? Think small! [Conference session]. Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN. https://tnla23.sched.com/.

Wrye, B.& Hebert, H. (2022, November 18). Connecting Online Graduate Students to the University Community <...>

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Hebert, H.S. (2023, April 12). Interlibrary loan: An unsung hero. [Conference session]. Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN. https://tnla23.sched.com/.

Hebert, H.S. (2023, April 12). Too tired to think big? Think small! [Conference session]. Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN. https://tnla23.sched.com/.

Wrye, B.& Hebert, H. (2022, November 18). Connecting Online Graduate Students to the University Community [Conference session]. Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH. http://celt.miamioh.edu/lillycon/presenters.php?session=11083&year=2022  

Hebert, H. (2022, October 25). Reflections from MLS Students’ Perceptions of Information Literacy Modules – a SoTL Study [Poster session]. ALISE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Burress, R., Li, X., Hebert, H. (2022, October 25). History of DEI in curriculum [Conference session]. ALISE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.  

Hebert, H. (2022, August 2). Digging into genealogy sources [Webinar]. Reference and User Services Association, Online. https://www.ala.org/rusa/help-i-have-genealogy-patrons-what-do-i-do-webcast-two-digging-genealogy-sources.

Hebert, H. (2021, 21 October) Curating & Maintaining Vibrant Collections for Users with Print Disabilities [Conference session]. Association of Rural and Small Libraries Annual Conference, Reno, NV. https://www.arsl.org/2021-conference-program-descriptions  

Hebert, H. & Huwieler, C. (2021, 4 April). Living large: Reimagining large print collections [Conference session]. Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, virtual. https://tnla21.sched.com/event/i68j/living-large-reimagining-large-print-collections  

Hebert, H. & Huwieler, C. (2020, June). Living large: How adult large print in one community stacks up to adult large print collections on a national scale [Poster presentation]. American Library Association Annual Conference, virtual. https://www.eventscribe.com/2020/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=posterinfo&PosterID=281056  

Hebert, H., & Reed, K. (2019, 24 September). Understanding incoming MLS graduate student proficiency and perceptions of information literacy skills [Juried paper presentation]. Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Knoxville, TN.  

Hebert, H., Dixon, K., Hall, C., Johnson, P., McKee, A., Roach, A.M. (2019). Stand and Be Counted: Libraries Facilitating Voter Engagement [Conference session]. Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN.  

Hebert, H., Creecy, K., & Huwieler, C. (2018) A Professor, a Librarian, and a Vendor: Collection Development Trends from Three Perspectives [Conference session] Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN.                  

Hebert, H., Lehue, A., & Huwieler, C. (2015) When Your Plate is Too Full: Collection Development Timesavers for Librarians on the Run. Tennessee Library Association Conference, Memphis, TN.  

Hebert, H., Huwieler, C., & Dillingham, M. (2013) In or Out?  Hot Collections in Public Libraries. Tennessee Library Association Conference, Chattanooga, TN.                                          

Hebert, H., Huwieler, C., & Dillingham, M. (2013) Weed for Your Life!  Tales of Collection Management from Public Library Stacks [Conference session]. Tennessee Library Association Conference, Chattanooga, TN.                                    

Hebert, H., Lindsay, J.M., York, A. (2012) Transforming the Library Website: You and the IT Crowd [Conference session]. Tennessee Library Association Conference, Knoxville, TN.

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Awards

MTSU Faculty Fellow: 2018-2019

MTSU Walker Library Information Literacy Curriculum Integration Grant:2018

 

Courses

LIBS 6000 Librarianship

LIBS 6015 Introduction to Information Intermediation, Resources, and Instruction

LIBS 6115 Collection Development and User Services

LIBS 6100 Management of Libraries

LIBS 6201 Public Libraries

LIBS 6311 Materials for the Literacy of Young People and Adults

LIBS 6550 Supervised Field Experience in Library Science

LIBS 6900 Skills and Issues in the Library