Frances C. Wilkinson is the Deputy Dean of University Libraries and a Professor of Librarianship at the University of New Mexico. She has over twenty-five years of academic library experience.She has twice served as Interim Dean for University Libraries.

Fran received her Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, in Communication and her Master of Public Administration from the University of New Mexico; she is currently working toward a doctorate in Educational Leadership at UNM. She received her Master of Library Science from the University of Arizona. A member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and a past president and treasurer of the UNM chapter, she is also a member of the Pi Alpha Alpha (Public Administration) Honor Society.

She is the author of three books and over fifty articles, chapters, columns, and reports; she has given numerous workshops and papers; and she has served as a column editor for a peer-reviewed professional journal and on several national editorial boards. Fran’s research and consulting interests include leadership, management, competitive procurement, disaster preparedness and recovery, acquisitions, and computer ergonomics.

She is active in the American Library Association (ALA) and the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) and received the prestigious ALA-ALCTS Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award in 2000. Fran is a member of the New Mexico Library Association, New Mexico Association of Research Libraries, and the Albuquerque/Santa Fe/Los Alamos Equal Employment Opportunity Council. She is also a mediator with UNM’s Faculty Dispute Resolution group. Fran is or has been a member, chair, or elected officer on numerous university, state, and national committees and advisory boards.