Summary
Mary Hanlin is an experienced librarian and educator with 11 years advancing academic library services and instruction across multiple Virginia community colleges. As Coordinator of Library Services at Tidewater Community College’s Norfolk campus, she leads staff, manages budgets and web presence, and serves as the college-wide lead for Open Educational Resources, bringing practical OER policy and copyright expertise to faculty partnerships. She has a strong instructional record—delivering dozens of course-integrated workshops annually—and a technical bent demonstrated by redesigning and coding library websites, managing libguides, and using data to inform collection decisions. Her background includes international classroom experience with the Peace Corps in Uganda, where she developed community literacy projects and adapted teaching for large second-language cohorts without technology. Mary holds dual master’s degrees in Library Science (MLIS) and Teaching of English, and is known for combining equitable student support with a continual curiosity for learning and sharing open, cost-free educational resources.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, English, magna cum laude honors, Bachelor's degree, English, magna cum laude honors at Christopher Newport University
Master in English, Teaching of English, Master in English, Teaching of English at Old Dominion University
Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS), Library Science, Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS), Library Science at University of Pittsburgh