Francine May
Associate Professor, Library
Education
MLIS, Dalhousie University
MSc, Universiteit van Amsterdam
BSc, University of Lethbridge
Francine May is Associate Dean, Research at Mount Royal University Library. She provides strategic leadership and coordination for research support services and programming. She also contributes to the Librarys collection development and information literacy program and previously taught in the Department of General Education.
Her research explores how library spaces shape the experiences of users. She is currently leading or collaborating on several projects related to responsible research assessment (including DORA aligned practices), open scholarship, and the development of institutional repository infrastructure. Francine is past chair of the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) Collections Community and serves on the COPPUL License Working Group. She also represents COPPUL on the COUNTER Education Committee and serves on the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) Research and Scholarship Committee.
Professional and Scholarly Interests
Libraries as public and academic spaces
Evolving approaches to responsible research assessment
Open scholarship (open access, open data, open education)
Researcher support services in academic libraries
Selected Publications and Presentations
May, F., Christiansen, E., and Blechinger, J. (2025, Oct 21). Who owns knowledge Reclaiming publishing as part of the scholarly mission. MRU Library News. Mount Royal University. https://library.mtroyal.ca/library-news?t=21846
Hayman, R., May, F. (2025, January). Advancing research assessment DORA and open access. MRU Library News. Mount Royal University. https://library.mtroyal.ca/library-news?t=20510
May, F. (2024, April 26). Comfort and learning Understanding library users needs [Conference presentation]. Learning and Teaching Conference, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, April 24-26, 2024.
May, F. (2023, Nov 8). Conscious and Critical: Refining Language in Library Catalogues. MRU Library News. Mount Royal University. https://library.mtroyal.ca/library-news?t=18389
May, F., Swabey, A. (2015). Using and experiencing the academic library A multi site observational study of space and place. College and Research Libraries, 76(6), 771-795.
May, F. (2011). Methods for studying the use of public spaces in libraries. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 35(4), 354-366.
May, F. (2003). Interdisciplinary collaboration in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study. Unpublished thesis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
MLIS, Dalhousie University
MSc, Universiteit van Amsterdam
BSc, University of Lethbridge
Francine May is Associate Dean, Research at Mount Royal University Library. She provides strategic leadership and coordination for research support services and programming. She also contributes to the Librarys collection development and information literacy program and previously taught in the Department of General Education.
Her research explores how library spaces shape the experiences of users. She is currently leading or collaborating on several projects related to responsible research assessment (including DORA aligned practices), open scholarship, and the development of institutional repository infrastructure. Francine is past chair of the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) Collections Community and serves on the COPPUL License Working Group. She also represents COPPUL on the COUNTER Education Committee and serves on the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) Research and Scholarship Committee.
Professional and Scholarly Interests
Libraries as public and academic spaces
Evolving approaches to responsible research assessment
Open scholarship (open access, open data, open education)
Researcher support services in academic libraries
Selected Publications and Presentations
May, F., Christiansen, E., and Blechinger, J. (2025, Oct 21). Who owns knowledge Reclaiming publishing as part of the scholarly mission. MRU Library News. Mount Royal University. https://library.mtroyal.ca/library-news?t=21846
Hayman, R., May, F. (2025, January). Advancing research assessment DORA and open access. MRU Library News. Mount Royal University. https://library.mtroyal.ca/library-news?t=20510
May, F. (2024, April 26). Comfort and learning Understanding library users needs [Conference presentation]. Learning and Teaching Conference, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, April 24-26, 2024.
May, F. (2023, Nov 8). Conscious and Critical: Refining Language in Library Catalogues. MRU Library News. Mount Royal University. https://library.mtroyal.ca/library-news?t=18389
May, F., Swabey, A. (2015). Using and experiencing the academic library A multi site observational study of space and place. College and Research Libraries, 76(6), 771-795.
May, F. (2011). Methods for studying the use of public spaces in libraries. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 35(4), 354-366.
May, F. (2003). Interdisciplinary collaboration in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study. Unpublished thesis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.