Conferences
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Invited Speaker: International
Scheffler, B., & Martens, M. (2019, March). IFLA-Richtlinien für bibliotheksangebote für kinder von 0
bis 18 Jahre (IFLA-Guidelines for Youth Services for Children Aged 0-18). Invited international guest at the Leipzig Library Fair, Leipzig, Germany. (Presentation in German).
Martens, M. (2019, February). Contemporary trends in library service to young people in North America.
Japan Library Association Conference, IFLA Satellite Meeting, Tokyo, Japan.
Martens, M. (2017, May). Media mentorship and emerging technology: How youth services librarians are shrinking the digital divide. Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide International Conference. Invited by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
Martens, M. & Campbell, C. (2014, October). The movement around young children, new media & libraries. Invited by Dr. Judith Saltman and Dr. Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Martens, M. (2014, June). Poaching readers’ responses: Young people, online book related sites, and the law. Digital Reading Symposium, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
Invited Speaker: National
Campana, K., Mills, J.E., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2019, June). Media Literacy, Computational
Thinking, and Connected Family Learning: Positioning New Media across the Evolving
Landscape of Children’s Services. Washington, DC: ALSC Leadership at ALA Annual Meeting. (Keynote).
Martens, M. (2018, March). The Forever Fandom of Harry Potter: Fan Fiction, Festivals, and Charitable Works. The Gryphon Lecture. (Invited, named, annual lecture series). University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences, Champaign-Urbana, Il.
Martens, M. (2017, July). “Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors:” Spanning and expanding worlds with children’s book illustration. Greenacres Visual Literacy Conference. Invited by children’s author/illustrator and conference organizer Will Hillenbrand. Cincinnati, OH. (Unable to attend because of death in the family).
Refereed TEDx Talk
Martens, M. (2017, February 17). Beware: Harry Potter fandom in a digital era. TEDx Kent State. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Refereed Conference Workshops
International
Martens, M., Balling, G., Rinnert, G., Campana, K., Mills, J., Ghazinour, K., . . . Manotipya, P. (2019, March 31). Establishing an inspiring, inclusive, and interdisciplinary research community around young people, information, and technology. Pre-conference workshop conducted at iConference, University of Maryland.
Juncker, B., Meyers, E., Martens, M., Balling, G., Fisher, K., & Todd, R. (2015, March). Digital youth research network: Defining the field, building connections, and exploring collaborations. Pre-conference workshop conducted at iConference, Newport, CA.
Juncker, B., Balling, G., Martens, M., Anderson, T., Dresang, E.T., Fisher, K., . . . Druin, A. (2014, March). Digital youth: Towards a new multidisciplinary research network: A half day workshop. Pre-conference workshop conducted at iConference, Berlin, Germany.
Non-refereed Pre-Conference Research Workshop
Bishop, A, Fisher, K., Martens, M., & Meyers, E. (2016, March). Pre-conference “Teen Design Day” workshop conducted at the Philadelphia Free Library in connection with iConference, Philadelphia, PA.
Peer-reviewed Conference Posters, Tech Demos, and Other
Campana, K., Mills, J., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2018). Young Children, New Media, & Libraries 2018 Survey [poster]. 2018 ALSC Institute. Cincinnati, OH.
Mills, J.E., Campana, K., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2018, November). The Evolving Landscape of Children’s Librarians’ Use of New Media with Young Children and Their Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study [Visual presentation]. ASIS&T 2018. Vancouver, CA.
Mills, J.E., Campana, K., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2018, August). Where the Wired Things Are: A Study of Current Technology Use in Public Library Programming for Young Children [Poster]. Connected Learning Summit, MIT Media Lab. Cambridge, MA.
Rinnert, G. C., Martens, M., & Mooney, A., (2018, August). Learning Through Movement and Play: Creative Gamification in Energetic Alpha, an iPad App for Preschoolers [Tech Demo]. Connected Learning Summit, MIT Media Lab. Cambridge, MA.
Rinnert, G.C., Martens, M., Mooney, A., Talbot, J., & Rinnert, B. (2017, June). Energetic Alpha: Playful handwriting practice for children. ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. Stanford, CA.
Latham, K. & Martens, M. (2016, January). Radical change in the academy: Converging disciplines reflecting converging institutions [Work-in-progress poster]. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) annual conference. Boston, MA.
Martens, M., Andersen C., Kaplan, B., Sanders, S., Schilling, S., & Van der Schyf, S. L.,[1] (2015, October). A class trip to wonderland: History, space, play, and culture in Danish children’s literature and librarianship [Poster] United States Board on Books for Young People Conference. New York, NY.
Martens, M. (2015, January). Through the looking glass: How Danish LIS education reflects mandates on culture [Poster]. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) annual conference. Chicago, IL.
Pre-Kent State: Refereed Conference Posters
Martens, M. (2011, February). Team Edward or Team Jacob? How user-generated content is transforming young adult literature. Poster and short paper presented at the iConference 2011, Seattle, WA.
Martens, M. (2011, January). Removing the gatekeepers: How multiplatform books, user generated content, and peer-to-peer reviewing are transforming young adult literature. Poster presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) annual conference, San Diego, CA.
Other
Martens, M. (2015, February). Global citizens through children’s books: Infusing collections with books from around the world. Invited by Sophia Louise Van Der Schyf, Akron Public Library, Akron, OH.
Martens, M. (2013, April). From doctoral student to assistant professor: A view from the field of LIS. Distinguished Alumni Panel at Rutgers, School of Communication and Information, New Brunswick, NJ.
Conference Convenor and Co-Organizer
Martens, M., Alekseeva, M., Purnik, A., Systad, J. (IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section),
& Tabački, T (National Library of Serbia Team). (2019, August). New Library Professionals for Children and Young Adults. IFLA 2019 Satellite Conference at National Library of Serbia, Belgrade. https://ifla2019cya.wordpress.com/
Martens, M. & Balling, G. (2019). Workshop co-chairs. iConference 2019.
Nichols, M., Baldini, M., & Martens, M. (2018, July). Co-convenors of Second Biannual Marantz Picturebook Research Symposium. Theme: Graphic novels and comics: The Future of the Movement. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2016, July 24-26): Convenor of funded “First Biannual Marantz Picturebook Research Symposium.” Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2015, July 14): Co-organizer, Northeast Ohio Regional Library Services Summer Symposium. Kent, OH. Event had to be cancelled at last minute due to serious illness of keynote speaker.
Martens, M. (2015, May): Co-organizer of three events around “A daily dose of reading: Growing readers everywhere,” featuring author/illustrator Rosemary Wells. Two events at Akron Children’s Hospital, and a day-long symposium at Kent State University.
Martens, M. (2014-2015): Co-organizer Virginia Hamilton Conference. Served as board member and conference speaker.
Martens, M. (2014, May): Co-organizer Pop-Up symposium, featuring author Robert Sabuda. Kent State University.
Panel Moderator
Martens, M. (2017). Author panel moderator. Virginia Hamilton Conference, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
Martens, M. (2015, October). Publishing international books in the United States: A wonderland of opportunity. United States Board on Books for Young People Regional Conference. With: Herwig Bitsche, Publisher, NordSüd Verlag, Switzerland; Heather Lennon, Managing Director, NorthSouth Books USA; Lisbeth Zwerger, illustrator, Austria; Rashin Kheriyeh, illustrator, Iran. New York, NY
Panels Pre-Kent State
Martens, M. (2011). “Getting Published.” Participated on panel for doctoral students at the School of Communication and Information.
Martens, M. (2010). “Overseas and Underage: An IRB Challenge.” Participated on panel for doctoral students at the School of Communication and Information on the Institutional Review Board process.
Martens, M. (2009, October). “Joys and challenges of bringing international books to the US.” Chaired panel with editor Arthur Levine at the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Regional Conference, St. Charles, IL.
Martens, M. (2009, July). “Mixing it Up: The process of bringing international books to the US.” Designed and moderated panel at the ALA conference in Chicago for USBBY and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) featuring Karlijn Stoffels, Dutch author of Heartsinger, translator Laura Watkinson, publisher Arthur Levine, Arthur A. Levine Books, and editor Cheryl Klein, Arthur A. Levine Books. American Library Association Annual (ALA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
Martens, M. (2009, April). “Where’s Waldo?” Co-organized panels, guest speakers, and storytellers related to the Guinness World Record Breaking Event at Rutgers University, and a related book drive for schools and libraries in New Brunswick, NJ.
Invited Think Tank Participant
October 16-17, 2014. IMLS-Funded Digital Youth Seattle Think Tank. University of Washington iSchool, Seattle, WA.
Invited Grant Reviewer
Martens, M. (2015, April). Reviewer for National Leadership Grants. Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Washington D.C.
Other Talks
Martens, M. (2018, February). The Forever Fandom of Harry Potter. Doctoral Students Colloquium, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2017). Interview with Marcus Pfister, author of The Rainbow Fish, American Library Association, Chicago, IL. Canceled due to death in family.
Martens, M. (Spring, 2016). Webinar on International children’s literature and librarianship to promote class: 61095 ICLL.
Harper, M. & Martens, M. (2014, August). Apps for the Common Core. Northeast Ohio Regional Library Symposium. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2014, April). Digital pop-ups: Movable books in a multimodal domain. Pop-Up Symposium. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2013, November). International children’s literature and librarianship. Talk and webinar given in conjunction with Kent State’s Office of Global Education’s International Education Week.
Invited Peer Reviewer
Scheffler, B., & Martens, M. (2019, March). IFLA-Richtlinien für bibliotheksangebote für kinder von 0
bis 18 Jahre (IFLA-Guidelines for Youth Services for Children Aged 0-18). Invited international guest at the Leipzig Library Fair, Leipzig, Germany. (Presentation in German).
Martens, M. (2019, February). Contemporary trends in library service to young people in North America.
Japan Library Association Conference, IFLA Satellite Meeting, Tokyo, Japan.
Martens, M. (2017, May). Media mentorship and emerging technology: How youth services librarians are shrinking the digital divide. Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide International Conference. Invited by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
Martens, M. & Campbell, C. (2014, October). The movement around young children, new media & libraries. Invited by Dr. Judith Saltman and Dr. Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Martens, M. (2014, June). Poaching readers’ responses: Young people, online book related sites, and the law. Digital Reading Symposium, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
Invited Speaker: National
Campana, K., Mills, J.E., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2019, June). Media Literacy, Computational
Thinking, and Connected Family Learning: Positioning New Media across the Evolving
Landscape of Children’s Services. Washington, DC: ALSC Leadership at ALA Annual Meeting. (Keynote).
Martens, M. (2018, March). The Forever Fandom of Harry Potter: Fan Fiction, Festivals, and Charitable Works. The Gryphon Lecture. (Invited, named, annual lecture series). University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences, Champaign-Urbana, Il.
Martens, M. (2017, July). “Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors:” Spanning and expanding worlds with children’s book illustration. Greenacres Visual Literacy Conference. Invited by children’s author/illustrator and conference organizer Will Hillenbrand. Cincinnati, OH. (Unable to attend because of death in the family).
Refereed TEDx Talk
Martens, M. (2017, February 17). Beware: Harry Potter fandom in a digital era. TEDx Kent State. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Refereed Conference Workshops
International
Martens, M., Balling, G., Rinnert, G., Campana, K., Mills, J., Ghazinour, K., . . . Manotipya, P. (2019, March 31). Establishing an inspiring, inclusive, and interdisciplinary research community around young people, information, and technology. Pre-conference workshop conducted at iConference, University of Maryland.
Juncker, B., Meyers, E., Martens, M., Balling, G., Fisher, K., & Todd, R. (2015, March). Digital youth research network: Defining the field, building connections, and exploring collaborations. Pre-conference workshop conducted at iConference, Newport, CA.
Juncker, B., Balling, G., Martens, M., Anderson, T., Dresang, E.T., Fisher, K., . . . Druin, A. (2014, March). Digital youth: Towards a new multidisciplinary research network: A half day workshop. Pre-conference workshop conducted at iConference, Berlin, Germany.
Non-refereed Pre-Conference Research Workshop
Bishop, A, Fisher, K., Martens, M., & Meyers, E. (2016, March). Pre-conference “Teen Design Day” workshop conducted at the Philadelphia Free Library in connection with iConference, Philadelphia, PA.
Peer-reviewed Conference Posters, Tech Demos, and Other
Campana, K., Mills, J., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2018). Young Children, New Media, & Libraries 2018 Survey [poster]. 2018 ALSC Institute. Cincinnati, OH.
Mills, J.E., Campana, K., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2018, November). The Evolving Landscape of Children’s Librarians’ Use of New Media with Young Children and Their Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study [Visual presentation]. ASIS&T 2018. Vancouver, CA.
Mills, J.E., Campana, K., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2018, August). Where the Wired Things Are: A Study of Current Technology Use in Public Library Programming for Young Children [Poster]. Connected Learning Summit, MIT Media Lab. Cambridge, MA.
Rinnert, G. C., Martens, M., & Mooney, A., (2018, August). Learning Through Movement and Play: Creative Gamification in Energetic Alpha, an iPad App for Preschoolers [Tech Demo]. Connected Learning Summit, MIT Media Lab. Cambridge, MA.
Rinnert, G.C., Martens, M., Mooney, A., Talbot, J., & Rinnert, B. (2017, June). Energetic Alpha: Playful handwriting practice for children. ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. Stanford, CA.
Latham, K. & Martens, M. (2016, January). Radical change in the academy: Converging disciplines reflecting converging institutions [Work-in-progress poster]. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) annual conference. Boston, MA.
Martens, M., Andersen C., Kaplan, B., Sanders, S., Schilling, S., & Van der Schyf, S. L.,[1] (2015, October). A class trip to wonderland: History, space, play, and culture in Danish children’s literature and librarianship [Poster] United States Board on Books for Young People Conference. New York, NY.
Martens, M. (2015, January). Through the looking glass: How Danish LIS education reflects mandates on culture [Poster]. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) annual conference. Chicago, IL.
Pre-Kent State: Refereed Conference Posters
Martens, M. (2011, February). Team Edward or Team Jacob? How user-generated content is transforming young adult literature. Poster and short paper presented at the iConference 2011, Seattle, WA.
Martens, M. (2011, January). Removing the gatekeepers: How multiplatform books, user generated content, and peer-to-peer reviewing are transforming young adult literature. Poster presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) annual conference, San Diego, CA.
Other
Martens, M. (2015, February). Global citizens through children’s books: Infusing collections with books from around the world. Invited by Sophia Louise Van Der Schyf, Akron Public Library, Akron, OH.
Martens, M. (2013, April). From doctoral student to assistant professor: A view from the field of LIS. Distinguished Alumni Panel at Rutgers, School of Communication and Information, New Brunswick, NJ.
Conference Convenor and Co-Organizer
Martens, M., Alekseeva, M., Purnik, A., Systad, J. (IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section),
& Tabački, T (National Library of Serbia Team). (2019, August). New Library Professionals for Children and Young Adults. IFLA 2019 Satellite Conference at National Library of Serbia, Belgrade. https://ifla2019cya.wordpress.com/
Martens, M. & Balling, G. (2019). Workshop co-chairs. iConference 2019.
Nichols, M., Baldini, M., & Martens, M. (2018, July). Co-convenors of Second Biannual Marantz Picturebook Research Symposium. Theme: Graphic novels and comics: The Future of the Movement. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2016, July 24-26): Convenor of funded “First Biannual Marantz Picturebook Research Symposium.” Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2015, July 14): Co-organizer, Northeast Ohio Regional Library Services Summer Symposium. Kent, OH. Event had to be cancelled at last minute due to serious illness of keynote speaker.
Martens, M. (2015, May): Co-organizer of three events around “A daily dose of reading: Growing readers everywhere,” featuring author/illustrator Rosemary Wells. Two events at Akron Children’s Hospital, and a day-long symposium at Kent State University.
Martens, M. (2014-2015): Co-organizer Virginia Hamilton Conference. Served as board member and conference speaker.
Martens, M. (2014, May): Co-organizer Pop-Up symposium, featuring author Robert Sabuda. Kent State University.
Panel Moderator
Martens, M. (2017). Author panel moderator. Virginia Hamilton Conference, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
Martens, M. (2015, October). Publishing international books in the United States: A wonderland of opportunity. United States Board on Books for Young People Regional Conference. With: Herwig Bitsche, Publisher, NordSüd Verlag, Switzerland; Heather Lennon, Managing Director, NorthSouth Books USA; Lisbeth Zwerger, illustrator, Austria; Rashin Kheriyeh, illustrator, Iran. New York, NY
Panels Pre-Kent State
Martens, M. (2011). “Getting Published.” Participated on panel for doctoral students at the School of Communication and Information.
Martens, M. (2010). “Overseas and Underage: An IRB Challenge.” Participated on panel for doctoral students at the School of Communication and Information on the Institutional Review Board process.
Martens, M. (2009, October). “Joys and challenges of bringing international books to the US.” Chaired panel with editor Arthur Levine at the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Regional Conference, St. Charles, IL.
Martens, M. (2009, July). “Mixing it Up: The process of bringing international books to the US.” Designed and moderated panel at the ALA conference in Chicago for USBBY and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) featuring Karlijn Stoffels, Dutch author of Heartsinger, translator Laura Watkinson, publisher Arthur Levine, Arthur A. Levine Books, and editor Cheryl Klein, Arthur A. Levine Books. American Library Association Annual (ALA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
Martens, M. (2009, April). “Where’s Waldo?” Co-organized panels, guest speakers, and storytellers related to the Guinness World Record Breaking Event at Rutgers University, and a related book drive for schools and libraries in New Brunswick, NJ.
Invited Think Tank Participant
October 16-17, 2014. IMLS-Funded Digital Youth Seattle Think Tank. University of Washington iSchool, Seattle, WA.
Invited Grant Reviewer
Martens, M. (2015, April). Reviewer for National Leadership Grants. Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Washington D.C.
Other Talks
Martens, M. (2018, February). The Forever Fandom of Harry Potter. Doctoral Students Colloquium, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2017). Interview with Marcus Pfister, author of The Rainbow Fish, American Library Association, Chicago, IL. Canceled due to death in family.
Martens, M. (Spring, 2016). Webinar on International children’s literature and librarianship to promote class: 61095 ICLL.
Harper, M. & Martens, M. (2014, August). Apps for the Common Core. Northeast Ohio Regional Library Symposium. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2014, April). Digital pop-ups: Movable books in a multimodal domain. Pop-Up Symposium. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2013, November). International children’s literature and librarianship. Talk and webinar given in conjunction with Kent State’s Office of Global Education’s International Education Week.
Invited Peer Reviewer
- July 2019: The Lion and the Unicorn. Served as peer reviewer of article
- October 2018: iConference 2019. Served as peer reviewer of six papers
- January 2018: SHARP Conference, Sydney Australia. Reviewed conference proposals.
- October 2017: New Media & Society. Served as peer reviewer of article
- October 2017: Participations. Served as peer reviewer of article
- July 2017: Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. Served as peer reviewer of article
- January 2017: SHARP Conference, Victoria, Canada. Reviewed nine proposals
- October 2016: iConference 2017. Served as peer reviewer of six papers
- September 2016: Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. Served as peer reviewer of article
- August 2016: Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. Served as peer reviewer of article
- August 2016: Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services (LCATS). Served as peer reviewer of article
- July 2016: Cambridge University Press. Served as reviewer for a possible book series about the publishing field
- April 2016: Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC2016). Served as peer reviewer of short papers
- December 2015: Peer reviewer of article for the Journal of Religious and Theological Information (article about children’s literature and Islam)
- September 2015: iConference 2016. Served as peer reviewer of workshops and papers
- June 2015: Peer reviewer of article for Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children
- January 2015: Reviewer for Rutgers Media Studies Conference Extending Play: The Sequel
- October 2014: iConference 2015. Served as peer reviewer of up to six papers
- February 2014: Peer reviewer of article for International Journal of Communication
- February 2014. Review of Fuller, D. and Rehberg Sedo, D. (2013). Reading Beyond the Book: The Social Practices of Contemporary Literary Culture. New York, NY and Oxon, UK: Routledge. Reviewed in SHARP News.
- January 2014: Peer reviewer of article for The International Information & Library Review (IILR)
- November 2013: Peer reviewer of article for The International Information & Library Review (IILR)
- October 2013: iConference 2014, served as peer reviewer of up to six papers
- June 2013: Peer reviewer of article for Atlantic Journal of Communication
- November 2012: Reviewer for Rutgers Media Studies Conference: Extending Play
