Henne pursued a life of education and became a leader and expert in creating standards for school librarians.

[2] Always committed to her studies and pursuing higher education, Henne did not limit her career to teaching at the university.

For over 20 years, she taught and created courses on how to design and implement programming for children and young adults in both the public and school library.

She realized that new technologies of her time such as 16mm film, filmstrips, and phonograph records were essential to keeping libraries current for educating children and adults alike.

She wrote and published several books and articles on the subject and tried to show the potential of a library that lived up to the recognized standards.

Henne wrote in one article that "standards must thus be continuously revised to reflect the changes and to meet the educational needs of the times.

A year after her death, the American Association of School Librarians set up the AASL Frances Henne Award.

According to AASL, the award "recognizes a school library media specialist with five years or less experience who demonstrates leadership qualities with students, teachers and administrators.

Henne recognized the fact that continual education and self-improvement was essential to librarians in helping them keep libraries constantly evolving to meet the needs of patrons.