PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Campana, K., & Mills, J. E. (2023). Playing, tinkering, & problem solving: Understanding early computational thinking in libraries and museums. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 21(3), 369-381.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Martin, M. H. (2023). With passionate purpose: How and why public library staff provide outreach programs and services with children and families in underserved communities. Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, 3, 50-68.
Martin, M. H., & Mills, J. E. (2022). Welcoming Black children into literary wildscapes: Wildness in African American children’s picture books. Children’s Literature, 50(1), 269-295.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., & Martin, M. H. (2022). Access, advocacy, & impact: How public libraries are contributing to educational equity for children and families in underserved communities. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 36, 1-16.
Mills, J. E., Kociubuk, J., & Campana, K. (2021). Understanding social justice through practitioners’ language: A grounded theory analysis of interviews with practitioners from libraries and their community partners. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 5(2), 54-70.
Campana, K., Kociubuk, J., & Mills, J. E. (2019). Making space for storytime: The role of the environment in the production of storytime. Public Library Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/016/16846.2019.1622396.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2019). Where are we now? Examining the evolving use of new media with young children in libraries from 2014-2018. Children & Libraries, 17(4), 23-32.
Martin, M. H., & Mills, J. E. (2018). “'Like raindrops on granite”: A dialogic analysis of Full Cicada Moon as crossover scholarship. Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, 1(1), Web. Accessed at https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol1/iss1/4.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., Carlyle, A., Kotrla, B., Dresang, E. T., Bayo Urban, I., Capps, J., Metoyer, C., Feldman, E., Brouwer, M., & Burnett, K. (2018). Early literacy in library storytimes Part 2: A quasi-experimental study and intervention with children’s storytime providers. The Library Quarterly, 88(2), 160-176.
Winner of the 2018 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Goldsmith, A. Y. (2017). Libraries as learning labs in a digital age: A youth services conference in an LIS classroom. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 58(1), 27-38.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., Capps, J., Dresang, E. T., Carlyle, A., Metoyer, C., Bayo Urban, I., Feldman, E., Brouwer, M., Burnett, K., & Kotrla, B. (2016). Early literacy in library storytimes: A study of measures of effectiveness. The Library Quarterly, 86(4), 369-388.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., Haley, G., & Hutchins, D. (2016). Supercharged storytimes, supercharged solutions: Enhancing storytimes with a research-based community of practice. PNLA Quarterly, 81(1), 18-25.
Mills, J. E., Goldsmith, A. Y., Campana, K., Patin, B. J., & Evans, S. A. (2015). Putting youth first: The radical Eliza T. Dresang. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 5, Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1MxvPqM.
Moreno, M. A., Davis, K., & Mills, J. E. (2014). Youth perspectives on social media and technology. In V. C. Strasburger and M. A. Moreno (Eds.), Social networking and new technologies. Adolescent Medicine: State of Affairs, 25(3), xvii-xxi. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Conference Proceedings
Mills J. E., & Campana, K. (2019). “Intentionality, interactivity, and community: A conceptual framework for professional development in children’s librarianship.” In N. Taylor, C. Christian-Lamb, M. Martin, & B. Nardi (Eds.), Information in Contemporary Society. iConference 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11420. Springer, Cham.
Campana K., Mills J. E., Martin, M. H. (2019). “The role of community data in helping public libraries reach and serve underserved communities.” In N. Taylor, C. Christian-Lamb, M. Martin, & B. Nardi (Eds.), Information in Contemporary Society. iConference 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11420. Springer, Cham.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2018). “The evolving landscape of children’s librarians’ use of new media with young children and their caregivers: A longitudinal study.” Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., & Martin, M. H. (2018). “Building a future through STEM learning for children in underserved communities.” Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Martens, M. (2018). “Where the wired things are: A study of current technology use in public library programming for young children.” Proceedings of the 1st Annual Connected Learning Summit.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Clarke, R. I. (2016). “Learning by design: Creating knowledge through storytime production.” Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Campana, K., Brouwer, M., Bayo Urban, I., Mills, J. E., Capps, J., Burnett, K., & Feldman, E. (2014). “Connecting collections and cultures by creating a community of children's librarians around early literacy storytimes.” Proceedings of the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Mills, J. E., Bayo Urban, I., Capps, J., Campana, K., Dresang, E. T., Burnett, K., & Feldman, E. (2014). “Communities of practice and connected learning: Breaking down walls through the use of information and communication technologies.” Proceedings of the 2014 iConference.
Books
Campana, K., & Mills, J. E. (Eds.). (2019). Create, innovate, and serve: A radical approach to children’s and youth services. Chicago: ALA Editions-Neal Schuman.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Mills, J. E., Loza, M. R., McDaniel, B. J., Mansour, N., Chandler, K., & Martin, M. H. (2021). Many hands make rich work: Mentorship and collaboration in a diverse scholarly space. Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, 3(1), Web. Accessed at https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol3/iss1/13.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., Haines, C., Prendergast, T., & Martens, M. (2019). To tech or not to tech: The debate and the research around technology, young children, and the library. Children & Libraries, 17(2), 20-26.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., & Martin, M. H. (2018). ECRR outside of the library: Providing meaningful family-focused community outreach. Children & Libraries, 16(2), 35-36.
Martin, M. H., & Mills, J. E. (October 23, 2017). Calling Caldecott: Blue sky, white stars. The Horn Book. Web. Accessed at https://www.hbook.com/2017/10/blogs/calling-caldecott/blue-sky-white-stars/.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., Ghoting, S. N., & Nelson, J. (2016). Supercharge your storytimes: Using intentionality, interactivity, and community. Children & Libraries, 14(1), 36-37.
Mills, J. E., Romeijn-Stout, E., Campbell, C., & Koester, A. (2015). Results from the young children, new media, & libraries survey: What did we learn? Children & Libraries, 13(2), 26-35.
Mills, J. E., Bayo Urban, I., Campana, K., & Nelson, J. T. (2014). Hooray for research: A glimpse at an early literacy project. Children & Libraries, 12(4), p. 32.
Research Reports
Campana, K., Newberry, B., Mills, J. E., Kociubuk, J., Schofield, J., Romeijn-Stout, E., & Costley, E. (2020). “National Research Agenda for Library Service to Children (ages 0-14).” ALSC Research Agenda. Online (http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/research-agenda).
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Martin, M. H. (2020). “Engage, cultivate, provide, and assess: An outreach model for serving all children and families.” ALSC White Paper. Online. (http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/white-papers/engage-cultivate-provide-assess).
Clarke, R. I., Mills, J. E., & Potter, N. (2019). “Designing future library leaders: Takeaways from the 2018 national forum.” Seattle, WA: University of Syracuse & University of Washington. Available at: http://dfll.ischool.syr.edu.
Fisher, K. E., Davis, K., Yip, J., Dahya, N., Mills, J. E., & Eisenberg, M. B. (2016). “Digital youth Seattle think tank White paper.” Seattle, WA: The Information School, University of Washington. Available at: http://dystt.ischool.uw.edu.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., Fullerton, S., Brouwer, M., Carlyle, A., Metoyer, C., & Dresang, E. T. (2015). “Impact, advocacy, and professional development: An exploration of storytime assessment in Washington State.” White Paper. Seattle, WA: The Information School, University of Washington. Available at views2.ischool.uw.edu.
Mills, J. E., & Campana, K. (2015). “VIEWS2: Storytimes matter.” Brief from Research to Real World Roundtable Presentation. Disseminated on http://depts.washington.edu/ccfwb/content/practice-and-policy-brief-reports.
Books
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., & Ghoting, S. (2016). Supercharged storytimes: An early literacy planning and assessment guide. Chicago: ALA Editions.
Journal Articles
Campana, K., & Mills, J. E. (2023). Playing, tinkering, & problem solving: Understanding early computational thinking in libraries and museums. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 21(3), 369-381.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Martin, M. H. (2023). With passionate purpose: How and why public library staff provide outreach programs and services with children and families in underserved communities. Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, 3, 50-68.
Martin, M. H., & Mills, J. E. (2022). Welcoming Black children into literary wildscapes: Wildness in African American children’s picture books. Children’s Literature, 50(1), 269-295.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., & Martin, M. H. (2022). Access, advocacy, & impact: How public libraries are contributing to educational equity for children and families in underserved communities. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 36, 1-16.
Mills, J. E., Kociubuk, J., & Campana, K. (2021). Understanding social justice through practitioners’ language: A grounded theory analysis of interviews with practitioners from libraries and their community partners. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 5(2), 54-70.
Campana, K., Kociubuk, J., & Mills, J. E. (2019). Making space for storytime: The role of the environment in the production of storytime. Public Library Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/016/16846.2019.1622396.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2019). Where are we now? Examining the evolving use of new media with young children in libraries from 2014-2018. Children & Libraries, 17(4), 23-32.
Martin, M. H., & Mills, J. E. (2018). “'Like raindrops on granite”: A dialogic analysis of Full Cicada Moon as crossover scholarship. Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, 1(1), Web. Accessed at https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol1/iss1/4.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., Carlyle, A., Kotrla, B., Dresang, E. T., Bayo Urban, I., Capps, J., Metoyer, C., Feldman, E., Brouwer, M., & Burnett, K. (2018). Early literacy in library storytimes Part 2: A quasi-experimental study and intervention with children’s storytime providers. The Library Quarterly, 88(2), 160-176.
Winner of the 2018 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Goldsmith, A. Y. (2017). Libraries as learning labs in a digital age: A youth services conference in an LIS classroom. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 58(1), 27-38.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., Capps, J., Dresang, E. T., Carlyle, A., Metoyer, C., Bayo Urban, I., Feldman, E., Brouwer, M., Burnett, K., & Kotrla, B. (2016). Early literacy in library storytimes: A study of measures of effectiveness. The Library Quarterly, 86(4), 369-388.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., Haley, G., & Hutchins, D. (2016). Supercharged storytimes, supercharged solutions: Enhancing storytimes with a research-based community of practice. PNLA Quarterly, 81(1), 18-25.
Mills, J. E., Goldsmith, A. Y., Campana, K., Patin, B. J., & Evans, S. A. (2015). Putting youth first: The radical Eliza T. Dresang. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 5, Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1MxvPqM.
Moreno, M. A., Davis, K., & Mills, J. E. (2014). Youth perspectives on social media and technology. In V. C. Strasburger and M. A. Moreno (Eds.), Social networking and new technologies. Adolescent Medicine: State of Affairs, 25(3), xvii-xxi. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Conference Proceedings
Mills J. E., & Campana, K. (2019). “Intentionality, interactivity, and community: A conceptual framework for professional development in children’s librarianship.” In N. Taylor, C. Christian-Lamb, M. Martin, & B. Nardi (Eds.), Information in Contemporary Society. iConference 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11420. Springer, Cham.
Campana K., Mills J. E., Martin, M. H. (2019). “The role of community data in helping public libraries reach and serve underserved communities.” In N. Taylor, C. Christian-Lamb, M. Martin, & B. Nardi (Eds.), Information in Contemporary Society. iConference 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11420. Springer, Cham.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., Martens, M., & Haines, C. (2018). “The evolving landscape of children’s librarians’ use of new media with young children and their caregivers: A longitudinal study.” Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., & Martin, M. H. (2018). “Building a future through STEM learning for children in underserved communities.” Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Martens, M. (2018). “Where the wired things are: A study of current technology use in public library programming for young children.” Proceedings of the 1st Annual Connected Learning Summit.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Clarke, R. I. (2016). “Learning by design: Creating knowledge through storytime production.” Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Campana, K., Brouwer, M., Bayo Urban, I., Mills, J. E., Capps, J., Burnett, K., & Feldman, E. (2014). “Connecting collections and cultures by creating a community of children's librarians around early literacy storytimes.” Proceedings of the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Mills, J. E., Bayo Urban, I., Capps, J., Campana, K., Dresang, E. T., Burnett, K., & Feldman, E. (2014). “Communities of practice and connected learning: Breaking down walls through the use of information and communication technologies.” Proceedings of the 2014 iConference.
Books
Campana, K., & Mills, J. E. (Eds.). (2019). Create, innovate, and serve: A radical approach to children’s and youth services. Chicago: ALA Editions-Neal Schuman.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Mills, J. E., Loza, M. R., McDaniel, B. J., Mansour, N., Chandler, K., & Martin, M. H. (2021). Many hands make rich work: Mentorship and collaboration in a diverse scholarly space. Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, 3(1), Web. Accessed at https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol3/iss1/13.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., Haines, C., Prendergast, T., & Martens, M. (2019). To tech or not to tech: The debate and the research around technology, young children, and the library. Children & Libraries, 17(2), 20-26.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., & Martin, M. H. (2018). ECRR outside of the library: Providing meaningful family-focused community outreach. Children & Libraries, 16(2), 35-36.
Martin, M. H., & Mills, J. E. (October 23, 2017). Calling Caldecott: Blue sky, white stars. The Horn Book. Web. Accessed at https://www.hbook.com/2017/10/blogs/calling-caldecott/blue-sky-white-stars/.
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., Ghoting, S. N., & Nelson, J. (2016). Supercharge your storytimes: Using intentionality, interactivity, and community. Children & Libraries, 14(1), 36-37.
Mills, J. E., Romeijn-Stout, E., Campbell, C., & Koester, A. (2015). Results from the young children, new media, & libraries survey: What did we learn? Children & Libraries, 13(2), 26-35.
Mills, J. E., Bayo Urban, I., Campana, K., & Nelson, J. T. (2014). Hooray for research: A glimpse at an early literacy project. Children & Libraries, 12(4), p. 32.
Research Reports
Campana, K., Newberry, B., Mills, J. E., Kociubuk, J., Schofield, J., Romeijn-Stout, E., & Costley, E. (2020). “National Research Agenda for Library Service to Children (ages 0-14).” ALSC Research Agenda. Online (http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/research-agenda).
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., & Martin, M. H. (2020). “Engage, cultivate, provide, and assess: An outreach model for serving all children and families.” ALSC White Paper. Online. (http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/white-papers/engage-cultivate-provide-assess).
Clarke, R. I., Mills, J. E., & Potter, N. (2019). “Designing future library leaders: Takeaways from the 2018 national forum.” Seattle, WA: University of Syracuse & University of Washington. Available at: http://dfll.ischool.syr.edu.
Fisher, K. E., Davis, K., Yip, J., Dahya, N., Mills, J. E., & Eisenberg, M. B. (2016). “Digital youth Seattle think tank White paper.” Seattle, WA: The Information School, University of Washington. Available at: http://dystt.ischool.uw.edu.
Mills, J. E., Campana, K., Fullerton, S., Brouwer, M., Carlyle, A., Metoyer, C., & Dresang, E. T. (2015). “Impact, advocacy, and professional development: An exploration of storytime assessment in Washington State.” White Paper. Seattle, WA: The Information School, University of Washington. Available at views2.ischool.uw.edu.
Mills, J. E., & Campana, K. (2015). “VIEWS2: Storytimes matter.” Brief from Research to Real World Roundtable Presentation. Disseminated on http://depts.washington.edu/ccfwb/content/practice-and-policy-brief-reports.
Books
Campana, K., Mills, J. E., & Ghoting, S. (2016). Supercharged storytimes: An early literacy planning and assessment guide. Chicago: ALA Editions.