Marianne Martens
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
School of Communication and Information
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071
martens@rci.rutgers.edu
Education
Doctoral Student, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Research interests: publishing and librarianship for young adults, transnationalism, literary awards and the reviewing process, consumption of literature for teens. 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. Advisor: Dr. Günter Klabes
Attended high schools and elementary schools in Switzerland, Scotland, Denmark, and the United States
Teaching Experience
Rutgers University, Instructor: “Digital Libraries” (Spring 2010)
Rutgers University, Instructor: “Gender & Technology” (Fall 2009)
Rutgers University, Teaching Assistant to Professor Paul Kantor: “Internet and the Information Environment: A Quantitative Approach” (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
Spring 2010: “History of the Book”
Fall 2009 The Teaching Assistant Project: “Motivating Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences” (two presentations)
Spring 2009: “Human Information Behavior”
Fall 2008: “Materials for Children”
Spring 2008: “Materials for Young Adults”
Fall 2007: “Materials for Children”
Awards, Fellowships, and Grants
2009, Rutgers University : Library and Information Science “Teaching Assistant of the Year” Award
Spring 2009, SCILS, Rutgers University: Travel Grant: $500
Summer 2009, Graduate School of New Brunswick: Travel Grant: $100
Spring 2009-Present, Rutgers University: Carole Barham Scholar, Center for International
Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL)
May 2006, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UIUC: Alice Lohrer Award for Literature and Library Services to Youth
Publications and Works in Progress
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 (forthcoming).
Article for the Fall 2009 SHARP newsletter about the SHARP Conference in Toronto
Article for the Fall 2009 USBBY newsletter about a panel I moderated called Mixing it Up: The Process of Bringing International Children’s Books to the United States
Martens, M. (2010). Reading around the world: Evaluating Danish children's use of the International Children’s
Digital Library. (Work-in-progress)
Martens, M. (2010). The Librarian Lion: Constructing children’s literature through connections, capital, and criticism (Work-in-progress on Anne Carroll Moore)
Conferences
October, 2009 IBBY Regional Conference, St. Charles, IL.
Chaired Panel with Arthur Levine: "Joys and Challenges of Bringing International Books to the US"
Presented Poster
July, 2009 American Library Association:
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
May, 2009 Libraries in the Digital Age, Dubrovnik and Zadar, Croatia.
Presented Poster: Reading around the world: Evaluating Danish children's use of the International Children’s Digital Library
Participated in Ph.D. panel
April, 2009 Where’s Waldo? New Brunswick, NJ.
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
Committee Work:
2009-Present: School of Communication & Information’s TA/GA Liason to the Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters
2009-2011: Committee Member, The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Special Collections and Louise Seamen Bechtel Committee
2007-2009: Executive Board Member, United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
2009: Doctoral Student representative, ALISE Membership Advisory Committee
2006-2009: 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: United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY), Nominating Committee
Juror
2002 and 2004: US Juror for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal
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. 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
Spring 2009-Present:
Carole Barham Scholar at The Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL)
Spring 2010: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, TA and PTL, “Digital Libraries"
Fall 2009: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, TA and PTL, “Gender & Technology”
September 2007-2009: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, TA to Professor Paul Kantor: “Internet and the Information Environment: A Quantitative Approach”
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, Library Marketing Department
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)
United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
New Jersey Library Association (NJLA)
Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, (CISSL)
Association for Library and Information Science Education, (ALISE)
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing, (SHARP)
References
Available upon request.