Holly S. Hebert is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator in the Master of Library Science Program in the Womack Educational Leadership Department at Middle Tennessee State University.  She received her EdD from MTSU,  MLIS from Wayne State University, and MSEd-OTL from California State University, East Bay. 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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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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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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