Education

• Doctoral Candidate, School of Communication & Information, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Research interests include digital age publishing and librarianship for children and young adults, transnationalism, multiplatform literary products, literary awards and the reviewing process, commodification of literature, consumption of literature, digital innovations, user-generated content and “remix” literature, digital libraries, human information behavior in a digital context. Major: Library and Information Science; Minor: Media Studies. Advisor: Dr. Marija Dalbello

• MLIS, University of Illinois (GSLIS). Master’s research paper: International Children’s Literature and Subversive Cultural Exchange. Advisor: Dr. Betsy Hearne
• BA, Vassar College. Major: German Studies.
• Attended high schools and elementary schools in Switzerland, Scotland, Denmark, and the United States

Teaching and Administrative Experience
At Rutgers:

• Coordinator for new undergraduate minor: Digital Communication, Information, and Media (Fall 2010-present)

• Instructor: The Structure of Information. Undergraduate, hybrid course. Fall 2011.
• Instructor: Capstone Course in DCIM. Undergraduate, hybrid course. Fall 2011.
• Instructor: Leadership in Digital Contexts. Undergraduate, hybrid course. Spring 2011.
• Instructor: Digital Libraries. Graduate Level, MLIS Program. Spring 2010.
• Instructor: Gender & Technology. Undergraduate course in the Information, Technology, and Informatics (ITI) Program. Fall 2009.
• Teaching Assistant to Professor Paul Kantor: Internet and the Information Environment: A Quantitative Approach. Undergraduate course in the Information, Technology, and Informatics (ITI) department. Fall 2007-Spring 2009.

At City College of New York (CCNY)'s Publishing Certificate Program

• Instructor: Publishing for Young Readers with Wendy Lamb (Fall 1998 and Fall 1999)

Guest Lectures

• Reading Interests of Adults: “Creating the Crossover” (Spring 2011)
• Consumer Media Culture: “Teen literature and the Internet” (Fall 2010)
• History of the Book: “Consumed by Twilight: The commodification of young adult literature” (Spring 2010)
• The Teaching Assistant Project: “Motivating Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences” (Fall 2011, Fall 2010 and Fall 2009)
• Human Information Behavior: Introductory class (Spring 2009)
• Materials for Children: Lecture on bringing international literature to the US (Fall 2008)
• Materials for Young Adults: Lecture on bringing international literature to the US (Spring 2008)
• Materials for Children: Lecture on bringing international literature to the US (Fall 2007)

Grants

• SC&I, Rutgers University Travel Grant: $700 (Spring 2011)
• SC&I, Rutgers University Travel Grant: $400 (Fall 2010)
• American Library Association’s Library History Round Table travel reimbursement grant to attend the Library History Seminar in Madison, WI: $350 (Fall 2010)
• SC&I, Rutgers University Travel Grant: $150 (Spring 2010)
• SCILS, Rutgers University Travel Grant: $500 (Spring 2009)
• Graduate School of New Brunswick Travel Grant: $100 (Summer 2009)

Fellowships and Awards

• ALISE/LMC 2011 Paper Award: The Librarian Lion: Constructing Children's Literature Through Connections, Capital, and Criticism (1910-1941). $1,000.
• Carole Barham Scholar, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL), Rutgers University (Spring 2009-Present)
• Rutgers University: Library and Information Science “Teaching Assistant of the Year” Award (Spring 2009)
• Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Alice Lohrer Award for Literature and Library Services to Youth (Spring 2006)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Martens, M.  (2011). Considerations of how children think: Danish children’s response to the International Children’s Digital Library.  (Soon-to-be-under-review with Library and Information Science Research, October 2011)

Martens, M. (2011). Issues of Access and Usability in Designing Digital Libraries for Children. (Revisions currently under review with Library and Information Science Research). 

Martens, M.  (2011). The Librarian Lion: Constructing children’s literature through connections, capital, and criticism. (Revisions requested from The Journal of Education in Library and Information Science, summer 2011).

Martens, M. (2011). Transmedia teens: Affect, immaterial labor, and user-generated content. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 17(1), 49-68. 

Martens, M. (2010).  Consumed by Twilight: The commodification of young adult literature. In M. Click, J. Stevens, Aubrey, and L. Behm-Morawitz (Eds.) Bitten by Twilight: Youth culture, media, and the vampire franchise. New York, NY: Peter Lang. 

Conference Proceedings

Martens, M. (2011). Team Edward or Team Jacob? How user-generated content is transforming young adult literature. iConference 2011 Proceedings. Seattle, WA. February 8-11, 2011.

Martens, M.  (2009). Reading around the world: Evaluating Danish children's use of the International Children’s
Digital Library. Conference Proceedings, Libraries in the Digital Age. Dubrovnik and Zadar, Croatia. May, 2009.

Other Publications

Martens, M. (2011). Anne Carroll Moore: Grande Dame of children's literature. Library Media Connection.
Forthcoming in August/September 2011.

Martens, M. (2011). Special collections: A pre-conference tour of the de Grummond Collection in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children. Forthcoming in Fall 2011.

Martens, M. (2010). Touring the Children's Literature Center at the Library of Congress. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children, Winter 2010, 8(3), p. 51-52.

Martens, M. (2010). Library History Seminar XII: A Problematic Delight. American Library Association Library History Roundtable Newsletter. Fall 2010.  

Martens, M. (2009). The SHARP Conference Toronto. SHARPNews 18(4), 2.

Martens, M. (2009). Mixing it Up: A recap of the USBBY/YALSA panel from ALA Annual in Chicago. United States Board on Books for Young People Newsletter 34(2), 10.

Conferences

• 
  Martens, M. and Murray, D. (2012, January). Consuming “Pretty Little Liars:” Postfeminist Pop Tarts in a 

• Transmedia Text. Paper accepted at the Food Networks: Gender and Foodways Conference, University

•  of Notre Dame, 2012.

Martens, M. (2011, July). Interlacing text, image, and interactivity: Multiplatform books and technologies of

• production. Presented paper at the annual conference of the Society of the History of

• Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), Washington, D.C.

Martens, M. (2011, February). Team Edward or Team Jacob? How user-generated content is transforming
          young adult literature. Poster and short paper accepted at the iSchools Conference, 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 accepted at the Association for
       Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) annual conference, San Diego, CA. 

Martens, M. (2011, January). The Librarian Lion: Constructing children’s literature through connections, capital,
       and criticism. Presented ALISE/LMC Award-winning paper at the Association for Library and Information  
       Science Education (ALISE) annual conference, San Diego, CA. 

Martens, M. (2010, November). Author girls: Transmedia literature and user-generated content. Presented
       paper as part of a “paper” panel entitled “Gender, agency, and technology” at the National Communication
       Association’s (NCA) 96th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. 

Martens, M. (2010, June). Virtual Sweatshops: Creating and Evaluating Young Adult Literature from the
       Library to the Digital Realm. Paper accepted to doctoral forum at Conference on Conceptions
       of Library and Information Science 7 (CoLIS 7): Unity in Diversity, London, England. 

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). American Library Association Annual (ALA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
       Designed and moderated panel at the ALA conference in Chicago for USBBY and the Young Adult
       Library Services Association (YALSA) called “Mixing it Up: The process of bringing international books to 
       the US,” 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. 

Martens, M. (2009, May). Reading around the world: Evaluating Danish children's use of the International
        Children’s Digital Library Presented poster and participated in doctoral forum at Libraries in
        the Digital Age (LIDA) annual meeting. Dubrovnik and Zadar, Croatia. 

Martens, M. (2009, April). Where’s Waldo? Helped organize panels, guest speakers, and storytellers
         related to the Guinness World Record Breaking Event at Rutgers University, and related
         book drive for schools and libraries in New Brunswick, NJ. 

Committee Work:

• School of Communication & Information’s TA/GA Liason to the Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters (2009-2010)
• Co-Chair (2010-2011) and Committee Member (2009-2010) The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Special Collections and Louise Seamen Bechtel Committee
• Executive Board Member, United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) (2007-2009)
• Doctoral Student representative, ALISE Membership Advisory Committee (2009-2011)
• Committee Member, The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) International Relations Committee. Responsible for updating the Americas (Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada) section of the Growing Up Around the World Bibliography (2006-2009)
• United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY), Nominating Committee (2006)

Juror

US Juror for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal (2002 and 2004)

Translator

Translated over 100 picture and chapter books, as well as sample chapters of novels, speeches, movie scripts, biographies, and technical documents

Reviewer

Regularly read, review and write sample translations of books in foreign languages for a variety of publishers, including Scholastic, Random House, Little, Brown, and others

Languages

Fluent in English, Danish, German, Spanish, and French (although rusty in French). Understand and read Swedish and Norwegian. Can translate longer works from German, Danish, and Norwegian, and shorter works from French, Spanish, and Swedish.

Employment History

Fall 2010-Present:
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, School of Communication, Information & Media Studies (SC&I), Coordinator and Assistant Instructor, Digital Communication, Information, and Media Studies Minor. Aided in the establishment of this new minor, and worked in it from its inception. Responsible for both administration and teaching.

Instructor, Capstone Course in DCIM (Fall 2011)
Instructor, The Structure of Information (Fall 2011)
Instructor, Leadership in Digital Contexts (Spring 2011)

Spring 2009-Spring 2011:
Carole Barham Scholar at The Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL). Worked on projects from a major study for the New Jersey Association of School Librarians on the state of school library media centers in the state of New Jersey (available at http://cissl.rutgers.edu/), to a study on school libraries in Australia.

Spring 2010: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (SC&I)
TA and Instructor, Digital Libraries, (MLIS Program)

Fall 2009: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (SC&I)
TA and Instructor, Gender & Technology (ITI Undergraduate Program)

September 2007-May 2009: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (SC&I)
TA to Professor Paul Kantor: Internet and the Information Environment: A Quantitative Approach (ITI Undergraduate Program)

July 2007-December 2007:  Long Hill Township Library, NJ, Children’s Librarian

Summer 2005: Union Public Library Children’s Department, Union, New Jersey, Practicum, Summer Reading Program

Publishing Experience

• 2007-2009: Bloomsbury USA, NY, Freelancer
• 1993-2007: North-South Books Inc., NY, Vice President, Director of Subsidiary Rights, and Editor
• 1989-1992: John Brockman Associates, New York, Director, Rights & Contracts
• 1987-1989: Facts On File, New York, Assistant, Foreign Rights and International Sales

Professional Affiliations

• American Library Association (ALA):
• Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC)
• Young Adult Services Association (YALSA)
• Library History Round Table (LHRT)
• Association for Library and Information Science Education, (ALISE)
• Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, (CISSL)
• National Communication Association (NCA)
• New Jersey Library Association (NJLA)
• Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing, (SHARP)
• United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)

References:  Available upon request.