Marianne Martens
Kent State University
School of Library and Information Science
mmarten3@kent.edu
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Education
Ph.D.: School of Communication & Information, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Concentration: Library and Information Science, Minor: Media Studies. Advisor: Dr. Marija Dalbello. Defended on September 7, 2012
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.
Research Interests
My research interests converge at the intersection of books and technology in new literary formats and include: 1) participation via users’ affective and immaterial labor, and ensuing user-generated content and “remix” books, as well as the multi-literacies required to interpret non-linear, multimodal, digital-age books; 2) publishing for young readers, genre construction and the commodification of books, international children’s literature and librarianship, and transnational publishing; 3) youth services librarianship, reviews, awards, the literary canon and arbiters of taste; 4) children’s information seeking behavior in everyday settings; and 5) the establishment of gendered professions within publishing and librarianship for young readers.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Monograph
Martens, M. (invited and in-progress). Pottermore: Fan resistance, activism, and corporate control. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. This forthcoming monograph will be part of a series called: Gatherings, a research-focused collection on aspects of Publishing and the Book Trade.
Martens, M. (2016). Publishers, readers, and digital engagement: Participatory forums and young adult publishing. London, England: Palgrave, Macmillan
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Martens, M. & Khazraee, E. (under review). Tweeting #Pottermore: Corporate power and fan resistance within an imagined community of fans.
Mooney, A., Martens, M. & Rinnert, G. (Forthcoming, 2017). Writing, reading and typography for children: Untangling and reframing the role of typography in children’s relationship to letters and abstract codes. Visible Language. Revisions submitted 5/16/17.
Martens, M. (2017). “An Entry-Level Field:” A case study on the use of new media in youth services
programming. Accepted with minor revisions. The New Review of
Children’s Literature and Librarianship.
Martens, M. (August, 2016). International children’s literature and subversive Cultural exchange. In A. Goldsmith (Ed.) Reading the World's Stories: An Annotated Bibliography of International Youth Literature. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Invited book chapter.
Martens, M. (July, 2016). “Reading the readers: Tracking visible online reading audiences” in P. M. Rothbauer, K.I. Skjerdingstad, L.E.F. McKechnie, and K. Oterholm (Eds.), Plotting the reading experience: Theory/practice/politics. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
Martens, M. (2015). Gaming the Reading Experience: Book-related Social Spaces for Young Children. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Informationsvidenskab og Kulturformidling (Nordic Journal of Information Science and Cultural Communication), 2(4), p. 29-40. Special Issue on Digital Youth.
Martens, M. (2015). Childhood and culture reflected through the lens of LIS education:
Embedded practice in Danish library and information science education. The Journal of Education in Library and Information Science, 56(1). Special issue on International Perspectives in LIS Education.
Martens, M. (2014). Joining guilds, earning badges, and leveling up: Gamified reading for young people. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children, 12(4), pp. 19-25.
Martens, M. (2013). The Librarian Lion: Constructing children’s literature through connections, capital, and criticism. The Journal of Education in Library and Information Science, 54(4), p. 307-319.
Martens, M. (2013). Considerations of how children think: Danish responses to the International Children’s Digital Library. New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship, 19(2), p. 139-156.
Martens, M. (2012). Issues of access and usability in designing digital libraries for children. Library and Information Science Research 34(3), p. 159-168.
Martens, M. (2011). Transmedia teens: Affect, immaterial labor, and user-generated content. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 17(1), p. 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.
Peer-Reviewed Publications in Preparation
Martens, M. (in-progress).“Reading Vitello: Subversively seeking children’s rights in children’s literature.” To be submitted to the journal on International Research in Children’s Literature.
Murray, D.P., and Martens, M. (in-progress). Playing with girlhood through transmedia texts (to be submitted to Journal of Children and Media).
Martens, M. Real Scandinavian Women: Constructing identities and imagining communities at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In M. Dalbello and S. Wadsworth. Forthcoming Collection.
Invited Chapter
Martens, M. (2016). International children’s literature and subversive cultural exchange. In A. Goldsmith (Ed.) Bridges to understanding: International children's books tell their stories. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Reports
Martens, M., Rinnert, G., Mooney, A. (2016). Energetic Alpha App: Grant Update.
Caserotti, G., Fellows, M., Hoptay Brown, J., Martens, M., Reese, L., & Silverman, S. (2015, June 26). Second Report from the Evolving Carnegie Task Force to the Association forLibrary Service to Children (ALSC) Board. Presented to the ALSC Board in June 2015. Retrieved from
http://connect.ala.org/files/DOC%2020%20Evolving%20Carnegie%20Task%20Force%20Report%206_5_15.pdf
Campbell, C., Caserotti, G., Fellows, M., Hoptay Brown, J., Martens, M., & Silverman, S. (2015). Report from the Evolving Carnegie Task Force to the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Board. Presented to the ALSC Board in January 2015. Retrieved from
http://connect.ala.org/files/DOC%2024%20Evolving%20CarnegieTask%20Force%20Final%20Report1.12.15.pdf
Martens, M. (2014). Report on the Digital Literacy Evaluation Project: Evaluation of Two LSTA Grant-Funded Children’s Technology Spaces at the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library.
Conference Proceedings
Rinnert, G.C., Martens, M., Mooney, A., Talbot, J., Rinnert, B. (2017). Energetic Alpha: Playful handwriting practice for children. Proceedings from IDC 16: ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. June 27-30, 2017, Stanford, CA. New York, NY: ACM Digital Library.
Peterson-Kemp, A., Fisher, K., Martens, M., & Meyers, E. (2017) “Ray of sunshine happiness gun” and other apps in pursuit of social justice: Teens’ designs from Philadelphia. Proceedings from iConference, March 2017, Wuhan, China.
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
Latham, K. F. and Martens, M. (2016). Convergence in library and museum Education: Playing around with curriculum. Short paper for The Journal of Education in Library and Information Science, 57(1), p 79-82. doi:10.12783/issn.2328-2967/57/1/7
Baldini, M. and Martens, M. (2016, April). Out of the Box and Into the Book: Innovative Library Partnerships to Close the 32 Million World Gap. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children.
Martens, M. (2016). Annotation of Wild Wings by Lewis Gill, for Bridges to Understanding monograph on international children’s literature edited by Annette Goldsmith.
Martens, M. (2016). Annotation of The Sky of Afghanistan by Ana Eulate and Sonja Wimmer, for
Bridges to Understanding monograph on international children’s literature edited by Annette Goldsmith.
Martens, M. (2016, June 16). Notable Children’s Recordings Committee – ALA Annual 2016. ALSC blog: The official blog for the Association for Library Service to Children. http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2016/06/notable-childrens- recordings-nominees-summer
Martens, M. (2015, April 11). Evolving the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video. ALSC blog: The official blog for the Association for Library Service to Children. Retrieved from: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2015/04/evolving-the-andrew-carnegie-medal-for-excellence-in-childrens-video/
Martens, M. and Stoltz, D. (2014, August). Ebooks Enhance Development of the Whole Child: Up For Debate. School Library Journal. Retrieved from: http://www.slj.com/2014/08/opinion/debate/ebooks-ufd/ebooks-enhance-development-of-the-whole-child-up-for-debate/#_
Martens, M. (2014, August 9). Cultural Competence in the Digital Realm: #WeNeedDiverseApps! ALSC blog: The official blog for the Association for Library Service to Children. Retrieved from: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2014/08/cultural-competence-in-the-digital-realm-weneeddiverseapps/
Martens, M. (2014, March 3). COPPA-Compliant Participatory Sites for Young Readers. ALSC blog: The official blog for the Association for Library Service to Children. Retrieved from http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2014/03/coppa-compliant-participatory-sites-for-young-readers/
Martens, M. (2014, Winter). Technology in Children’s Programming: A View from the Digital Trenches. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children.
Martens, M. (2013, September 14). Digital content: Training future librarians. ALSC blog: The official blog for the Association for Library Service to Children. Retrieved from http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2013/09/digital-content-training-future-librarians/? utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlscBlog+%28ALSC+Blog%29
Martens, M. (2011). Anne Carroll Moore: Grande Dame of children’s literature. Library Media Connection, 29(7).
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.
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.
Refereed Conference Presentations
Rinnert, G.C., Martens, M., Mooney, A., Talbot, J., & Rinnert, B. (2017). Energetic Alpha: Playful handwriting practice for children. ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. June 27-30, 2017, Stanford, CA.
Peterson-Kemp, A., Fisher, K., Martens, M., & Meyers, E. (2017) “Ray of sunshine happiness gun” and other apps in pursuit of social justice: Teens’ designs from Philadelphia. iConference 2017, Wuhan, China.
Martens, M. (2017). Pottermore and the power of fans. TEDx Kent State. February 17, 2017. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2016). “Subversively addressing information poverty: Alma Flor Ada, social justice, and the quest for bilingual books in America 1970-2014.” This paper is part of a panel with Dr. Nicole Cooke, Graduate School of Information Science at the University of Illinois, and Dr. Beth Juncker, Royal School of Library and Information Science called: Dismantling Information Poverty in cultural production for young people. Accepted for presentation at ASIS&T. October, 2016. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Martens, M., Rinnert, G., and Mooney, A. (2016). The Energetic Alpha App: Infusing Quality using Co-Design and a Focus on Inclusion. Screen Time Symposium, The Developmental Media Lab at Illinois Institute of Technology. September 9, 2016. Chicago, IL.
Martens, M. (2016). The Language of Betrayal: Ownership, Power, and Control of J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore website. Presentation submitted to the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) Conference, as part of a panel organized by Melanie Ramdarshan-Bold called The language of ownership: Rights and control in the digital sphere. July 2016. Paris, France.
Murray, D. and Martens, M. (2015). Gendered Labor in a Transmedia Franchise: The Case of Pretty Little Liars and Kindle Worlds. Presentation submitted to the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, August 2015. (Presented by Dara Murray)
Martens, M. (2015, October). Knowing the forces and harnessing them: International children’s literature and subversive cultural exchange. Congreso Internacional Lectura 2015, International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Havana, Cuba.
Martens, M. (2015, August). “Vitello Has a Knife: Examining Social Constructions on Childhood and Ensuing Cultural Creations in Denmark and the United States. Paper presented at the International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL) Conference, Worcester, UK.
Martens, M. (2015, July). Longevity through participation, reformatting, and remix: Pop-culture regeneration in Pretty Little Liars. Paper presented at the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) Conference in Montreal, Canada.
Martens, M., Schilling, S. & Van Der Schyf, S. L. (2015, April). From Children’s Books to Global Citizenship: The Power of Books from Around the World. Paper presented at the Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
Campbell, C., Karatsu, R., and Martens, M. (2014, November). RCPL: Leading Change with Kids’ Tech Spaces. Paper presented at the California Library Association, Oakland, CA.
Martens, M. (2014, September). Book Worship: The Business of Picturebook Publishing in America 1960-2000. Paper presented at the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. Antwerp, Belgium.
Martens, M. and Brodie, C. (2014, September). Reflecting on the Caldecott Award Winners and Honor Books: A History of Inclusion? International Board on Books for Young People World Congress. Mexico City, Mexico. [NB: Unable to attend as this conference conflicted with the above-mentioned SHARP Conference].
Bentley-Flannery, P., Campbell, C., Martens, M., Moore, C. (2014, June). Whet your APPetite: Librarian selected apps for all your digital needs. Panel comprised of members of ALSC’s Children and Technology Committee and Digital Content Task Force. American Library Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Martens, M. and Baldini, M. (2014, April). Digital Pearls: Multicultural Apps, eBooks, and Websites for Young People. Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth. Kent, Ohio.
Martens, M. (2014, January). I Can Do It Myself!: Toward a new paradigm of (children’s) publishing. Lightning talk as part of the panel called: “A Risky Business: Educational Entrepreneurship in Youth Services” convened by Annette Goldsmith, University of Washington, and Allison G. Kaplan, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Martens, M. (2014, January). High-touch Training Through Tech: Approaches to Online Education in Youth Services. Juried panel with Anthony Bernier, San Jose State University; Marianne Martens, Kent State University; and Joyce Valenza, Rutgers University, convened by Cindy Welch, University of Tennessee. Philadelphia, PA.
Martens, M. (2013, August). “Marketers,” “Authors,” and “Readers:” Redefining Roles within Multiple Mediascapes of Children’s Literature. Paper presented at the International Research Society for Children’s Literature Conference, Maastricht, Belgium.
Martens, M. (2013, July). Geographies of the Young Adult Novel: Imagined Communities of Readers. Paper presented at the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Martens, M. (2013, June). Reading the Readers: Tracking Visible Online Reading Audiences. Paper presented at Researching the Reading Experience Conference, Oslo, Norway.
Martens, M., Baldini, M. & Brodie, C.S. (2013, April). Connecting to Special Collections of Children’s Literature. Paper presented at the Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth. Kent, Ohio.
Martens, M. (2013, March). Books, Gamification and the Imagination: Multiplatform Books for Young Readers. Paper presented at The Child and the Book Conference. University of Padua, Italy.
Martens, M. (2013, February). Lightning Talk at the Digital Youth Workshop. iConference 2013, Fort Worth, Texas.
Martens, M. (2012, September). Desperately Seeking Dissent: Subversive Readings in Transmedia Storytelling. Paper presented as part of a panel organized by Loretta Gaffney entitled: “The Politics of Reading: Libraries, Pedagogy, Publishing, and Youth” at the Protest on the Page Print Culture Conference, Madison, WI.
Martens, M. (2012, February) Beyond Print: How Hybrid Books are Redefining Storytelling and Authorship. Paper presented as part of a panel organized by Casey Brienza, University of Cambridge, entitled “Storied Lives in Publishing and the Literary Field” at the Eastern Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
Martens, M. and Murray, D. (2012, January). Consuming “Pretty Little Liars:” Postfeminist Pop Tarts in a Transmedia Text. Paper presented 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. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society of the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), Washington, DC.
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. and Cooke, N. A. (2010). 21st Century Skills for Global Awareness and the School Library. New Jersey Global Educators Conference, Union, N.J.
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, 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.
Refereed Conference Presentations (Posters)
Latham, K. and Martens, M. (2016, January). Radical Change in the Academy: Converging Disciplines Reflecting Converging Institutions. Work-in-progress poster to be presented at the 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 to be presented at the 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 presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) annual conference, Chicago, IL.
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.
Conference Convenor and Co-Organizer
Martens, M. and Nichols, M. (2018, July). Co-convenors of Second Biannual Marantz Picturebook Research Symposium. Theme: Graphic novels and comics. Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Martens, M. (2015, July 24-26): Convenor of funded “First Biannual Marantz Picturebook Research Symposium” at Kent State, 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.
Martens, M. (2015, April): Co-Organizer Virginia Hamilton Conference. Served as board member and conference speaker.
Martens, M. (2015, March). Co-Organizer, Digital Youth Preconference, full-day workshop: Digital Youth Research Network: Defining The Field, Building Connections, and Exploring Collaborations. Workshop held at the iConference. Other organizers include Beth Juncker and Gitte Balling, University of Copenhagen, Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia, Karen E. Fisher, University of Washington, Ross Todd, Rutgers University. Newport, CA.
Martens, M. (2014, May): Co-Organizer Pop-Up Symposium featuring author Robert Sabuda, Kent State University SLIS.
Martens, M. (2014, March). Co-Organizer. Digital Youth: Towards a new multidisciplinary research network: A half day workshop. Pre-Conference Workshop held at the iConference. Organizers include Beth Juncker and Gitte Balling (University of Copenhagen), Marianne Martens (Kent State University), Theresa Anderson (University of Technology, Sydney), Eliza Dresang, Karen E. Fisher, and Katie Davis (University of Washington), and Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck (University of Michigan). Berlin, Germany.
Panel Organizer/Chair
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
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, April). Where’s Waldo? Helped organize 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 Speaker
Martens, M. (February 10, 2015). Global Citizens through Children’s Books: Infusing
Collections with Books from Around the World. Invited by Sophia Louise Van Der Schyf, Akron Public Library.
Martens, M. and Campbell, C. (October 14, 2014). 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, University of Bournemouth, UK.
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.
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. (Spring, 2016). Webinar on International Children’s Literature and Librarianship to promote class: 61095 ICLL.
Harper, M. and Martens, M. (2014, August). Apps for the Common Core. Northeast Ohio
Regional Library Symposium. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
Martens, M. (2014, April). Digital pop-ups: Movable books in a multimodal domain. Pop-Up Symposium. Kent State University
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
Fall 2016: iConference, Wuhan, China. Will serve as peer reviewer of up to six papers
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 (was listed as possible contributor as well)
April 2016: Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC2016). Served as peer reviewer of short papers
December 2015: Peer reviewer for the Journal of Religious and Theological Information (article about children’s literature and Islam)
September 2015: iConference, Philadelphia, PA. Served as peer reviewer of workshops and papers.
June 2015: Peer reviewer 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, Newport, CA. Served as peer reviewer of up to six papers.
February 2014: International Journal of Communication. Served as peer-reviewer for unpublished journal article.
February 2014: 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 book for SHARP News.
January 2014: The International Information & Library Review (IILR). November, 2013. Served as peer-reviewer for unpublished journal article.
November 2013: The International Information & Library Review (IILR). Served as peer-reviewer for unpublished journal article.
October 2013: iConference 2014, Berlin, Germany, served as peer-reviewer of up to six papers.
June 2013: Atlantic Journal of Communication. Served as peer-reviewer for unpublished journal article.
November 2012: Reviewer for Rutgers Media Studies Conference: Extending Play
Panel Respondent
“Getting Published” a panel for doctoral students at the School of Communication and Information (Fall 2011)
Panel for doctoral students at the School of Communication and Information on the Institutional Review Board process: “Overseas and Underage: An IRB Challenge” (Spring 2010)
Teaching
Kent State University
Courses Designed and Taught
Hybrid course 61905: International Children’s Literature and Librarianship which spends two of ten weeks in Denmark. (Summer 2014, planned for Summer 2016).
Hybrid course 60627: Art and Story: The Study of Picturebook Art, which uses the Marantz collection as a resource. (Spring 2015, spring 2016).
Online course 61095: Youth Literature in the Digital Realm. Spring 2013, Fall, 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015.
Designed two syllabi for proposed undergraduate minor called “Information, People, and Society.” Spring 2014.
Kent State University
Core Courses Taught
Online core class: LIS 60030: People in the Information Ecology. Spring 2017.
Online core class for youth services librarianship: 60629 Materials and Services for the School Age Child Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016.
Online core class: Foundations of Library & Information Science. Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014.
Doctoral Committee Member
(2016-present). Outside Committee Member, Alaine Martaus’ Dissertation: Mentoring Literacy and Reading Engagement in the Nerdfighter Community. Chair: Dr. Kate McDowell. Other committee members Dr. Lori Kendall, Dr. Christine Jenkins, Dr. Carol Tilley all from GSLIS, the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
(2015-2016). Outside Committee Member, Norma Jones’ Dissertation: Drivers and Danica, Start Your Engines! The Case of Danica Patrick in NASCAR with co-chairs Dr. Theresa Walton-Fisette and Dr. Federico Subervi, Dr. Suzy D’Embeau, and Dr. William Kist. Candidate successfully defended in March, 2016.
(2015-Present). Outside Committee Member, J. Elizabeth Mills’ Dissertation (Title TBD) at the University of Washington. Chair: Allyson Carlyle, Committee Members Katie Davis and Annette Goldsmith, all from UW. Qualifying Exams January 2016.
(2014-Present). Outside Committee Member, Melissa Novak’s Dissertation (Title TBD) with Dr. Joanne Caniglia (chair), and Dr. Scott Courtney (Proposal defense September 4, 2015).
(2012-2014). Outside Committee Member, Terry D. Benton’s Dissertation: The Availability of Award-Winning Multicultural Children’s and Young Adult Literature in Public Libraries in Northeast Ohio with Chair Dr. Wendy Kasten and Dr. William Bintz. Candidate successfully defended, December 2014.
Doctoral Committee Advisor
(2015-present). Advisor for Christine Andersen.
Master’s Thesis Committee Member
Outside Committee Member, Cori Ianeggi’s Master’s Thesis: Exploring Visitors’ Lived Experiences in Memorial Museums with Chair, Dr. Kiersten Latham, Dr. Karen Gracy, and Dr. Mindy Farmer. In-progress, 2015.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Administrator for new undergraduate minor: Digital Communication, Information, and Media. Fall 2010-Summer 2012.
Instructor:
The Structure of Information. Undergraduate, hybrid course. Fall 2011.
Capstone Course in DCIM. Undergraduate, hybrid course. Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012.
Leadership in Digital Contexts. Undergraduate, hybrid course. Spring 2011.
Digital Libraries. Graduate Level, MLIS Program. Spring 2010.
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 ITI Program. Fall 2007-Spring 2009.
City College of New York, Publishing Certificate Program
Instructor:
Publishing for Young Readers with Wendy Lamb (Fall 1998 and Fall 1999)
Guest Lectures
From Children’s Books to Global Citizenship: International Children’s Literature and Subversive Cultural Exchange. Speaker in Dr. Annette Goldsmith, Katie Campana, and Elizabeth Mills’ synchronous, online course Libraries as Learning Labs: Culture Diversity, and Global Global Awareness at the University of Washington. Invited by Dr. Annette Goldsmith. May 2, 2015.
Book Jacket Critique. Doug Goldsmith’s Character Development class (Visual Communication Design). Kent State University. December 11, 2014.
Illustrating Poetry. Guest lecture in Christopher Darling’s class (Visual Communication Design). Kent State University. December 4, 2014.
Making Picture Books: From Fairy Tales to Fractured Tales. Guest Lecture in Doug Goldsmith’s Character Development class (Visual Communication Design). Kent State University. November 5, 2014.
The Library and Its Role in Children’s Lives. Guest Lecture in Joan Steidl’s Human Development and Family Services class, Kent State University (July 23, 2014)
Digital Resources for Children: Usability, Access, and Innovation. Guest Lecture in
Dr. Rae-Anne Montague’s class: LIS 681: Books and Media, University of Hawaii (April 15, 2014)
Webinar on International Children’s Literature and Librarianship used by Anthony Bernier at San Jose State University in his course. (Spring 2014)
Online Research (Qualitative)--Lecture in Frank Lambert’s Research Methods class (Fall 2012)
Social Media and Participatory Culture: “The Amanda Project: Transmedia Literature and User-Generated Content” (Fall 2011)
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
Martens, M. & Baldini, M. (2016, March). Capital Improvements for the Reinberger Children’s Library Center. Gladys Brooks Foundation Grant. $50,000. (Not funded).
Martens, M.; Harper, M.; Burhanna, K.; Harmon, K.; Baldini, M. (2016, February). Re-imagining Youth Services Library and Museum Programs in the Digital Age: A Media Mentor Institute at Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS). Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant (approximately $375,000). (Not funded).
Martens, M.; Harper, M.; Burhanna, K.; Harmon, K.; Baldini, M. (2015, September). Re-imagining Youth Services Library and Museum Programs in the Digital Age: A Media Mentor Institute at Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS). Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant. $667,970. (Not funded, but encouraged to revise and resubmit).
August, 2015: Applied for The Astrid Lindgren Foundation “Solkatten” research grant. This grant provides 40,000 Swedish Crowns (approximately $4,500 USD) to study at the Swedish Institute for Children’s Books in Stockholm, Sweden.
Rinnert, G., Mooney, M. & Martens, M. (2015). CCI Seed Grant: Animated Alphabet App. Collaborative grant to develop an early literacy app with two faculty members from Visual Communication Design. Requested $10,000. (Funded – Summer 2015.)
Martens, M. (2015: February). Reinberger Foundation Letter of Interest. (Not funded).
Martens, M. (2014: November). Kent State University Research Travel Grant: $500 (Funded – Spring 2015).
Assorted. (2014). Partner on a $100,000 IMLS National Leadership Grant for a National Forum on Young Children, New Media & Libraries for March 2, 2015 in New Orleans. (Not funded).
Martens, M.; Harper, M.; Burhanna, K.; Harmon, K.; Baldini, M. (October 2014). IMLS National Leadership Grant: Igniting Youth Services Library Programs in the Digital Age: A Media Mentor Institute at Kent State University's School of Library and Information Science. Amount Requested: $667,970.17. (Not funded, but encouraged to re-apply for IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant).
Martens, M.; Harper, M.; Burhanna, K.; Harmon, K.; Baldini, M. (October 2014). Knight Foundation Challenge: Media Mentors: Creating an Academy at Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science. (Not funded, but first cut finalists – 41/700).
Martens, M. and Baldini, M. (2013: November). The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant in the amount of $15,000 for The Marantz Picturebook Collection Digital Poster Archive. (Not funded).
Subgrant: Reinberger Foundation, $10,000 to create digital extension of Marantz Picturebook Collection. (Funded - Spring 2013).
Pre-Kent State
SC&I, Rutgers University Travel Grant: $800 (Spring 201
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
2017-2019 Research Fellow, The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community at Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK. Funded: £800. https://research.bournemouth.ac.uk/centre/journalism-culture-and-community/
2014 Ezra Jack Keats/Janina Domaska de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection Research Fellow. $1,450. Went to Mississippi in April 2014.
2016 Kent State University, University Teaching Council, Faculty Recognition Award
Pre-Kent State Fellowships and Awards
2012 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. $3,000
2012 Rutgers University: Library and Information Science “Teaching Assistant of the Year” Award (second time)
Member, Beta Phi Mu, the International Library & Information Studies Honor Society
2011 ALISE/LMC Paper Award: The Librarian Lion: Constructing Children's Literature Through Connections, Capital, and Criticism (1910-1941). $1,000
2009-2011 Carole Barham Scholar, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL), Rutgers University
2009 Rutgers University: Library and Information Science “Teaching Assistant of the Year” Award (first time)
2006 Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Alice Lohrer Award for Literature and Library Services to Youth
Service
Service at Kent State University:
Department
Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee (Fall 2017-Spring 2019)
Co-Direct the Reinberger Children’s Library Center (Fall 2012-Spring 2017)
Member of the Youth Services Working Group (Fall 2012-present)
Committee Member, Director Search Committee, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science (Fall 2015)
Committee Member, Online Education Committee, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science (2014-Present)
Committee Member, Director Search Committee, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science (Fall, 2014)
Member, Diversity Working Group, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science, 2013-Present
Committee Member, Curriculum Committee, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science (2012-2014)
Campus
Member, Diversity Task Force, College of Communication and Information, Kent State University (Spring 2015-Present)
Board Member, Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Young People (2014-2016)
Service on National and International Organizations:
Committee Chair and Board Member Positions
Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) Representative to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’ (IFLA) Standing Committee: Section on Libraries for Children and Young Adults (2017-2021)
Incoming Co-Chair (2017-2018), Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Youth SIG
Chair (2015-2016), Association for Library Service to Children, Notable Children’s Recordings.
Founding Board Member, Diversity in Apps (http://diversityinapps.com/our-team/). (2015-present)
Co-Chair (2014-2015) of “Evolving Carnegie Task Force” for the Association for Library Service to Children, which provided recommendations to the field around children, reading, and new media. Two reports delivered: January 2015, and June 2015.
Board Member, Little eLit Advisory Board (2014-2015)
Board Member, Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Young People (2014-present)
Chair, (2012-2013) Association for Library Service to Children, The Scholarships: Melcher and Bound to Stay Bound Committee
Prior Service
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)
Committee Member and Consultant
July 2016, NEH Planning Grant lead by Dr. Christine Jenkins: “International Directory of Special Collections in Children's and Young Adult Literature.” Advisory Board Member.
Consultant, (2014-Present), Digital Reading Network, University of Bournemouth, UK (http://www.digitalreadingnetwork.com/people/)
Committee Member (2013-2015) Association for Library Service to Children, Children and Technology Committee
Committee Member, The Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) “working group to assist with the ‘for librarians’ redesign of the Reading Rockets website” (2012-2013)
Committee Member, United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Special Projects Committee (2012-2014)
Prior Service
Doctoral Student representative, ALISE Membership Advisory Committee (2009-2011)
TA/GA Liason (2009-2010) for the School of Communication & Information to The Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters
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)
Nominating Committee Member (2006), United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Judge
April 2013—Judge for doctoral students’ interactive practicum displays. Rutgers, School of Communication and Information.
January 2013—Judge for the ALISE/Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Research Poster Competition
Juror
US Juror for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal (2002 and 2004)
Employment History
Kent State University
August 2012-Present:
Assistant Professor, Youth Services Librarianship
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Communication Information & Media Studies (SC&I)
Fall 2010-July 2012:
Coordinator and Assistant Instructor, Digital Communication, Information, and Media Studies Minor. Competed for and won coveted graduate student position in a new minor at the School of Communication and Information. Aided in all aspects of the establishment of this new minor from its inception, from developing courses, and overseeing their instruction, to marketing (online, in-print, and on RUTV), scheduling, and expansion of the program. Taught several classes within minor.
Instructor:
Capstone Course in DCIM (Fall 2011, Spring 2012 (2 sections), Summer 2012
The Structure of Information (Fall 2011)
Leadership in Digital Contexts (Spring 2011)
Digital Libraries, (MLIS Program) Spring 2010
Gender & Technology (ITI Undergraduate Program) Fall 2009
Teaching Assistant for Professor Paul Kantor:
Internet and the Information Environment: A Quantitative Approach (ITI Undergraduate Program) September 2007-May 2009
Carole Barham Scholar at The Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL)
Worked on projects including 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/), and a study on school libraries in Australia. Spring 2009-Spring 2011:
Library Work:
July 2007-December 2007: Long Hill Township Library, NJ
Children’s Librarian
March 2005-August 2005: Union Public Library Children’s Department, Union, New Jersey
Practicum, Summer Reading Program
Publishing Experience:
2007-2009: Bloomsbury USA, NY
Freelance Library Marketing
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
Translator
Translated over 100 picture and chapter books, as well as sample chapters of novels, speeches, movie scripts, biographies, and technical documents
International Book Reviewer
Have read, reviewed and written 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, and Spanish. Conversational French. Understand and read Swedish and Norwegian. Can translate longer works from German, Danish, and Norwegian, and shorter works from French, Spanish, and Swedish
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)
National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, (CISSL)
International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL)
National Communication Association (NCA)
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing, (SHARP)
United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
References: Available upon request.
[1] Co-presenters are students from 61095 International Children’s Literature and Librarianship
