Courses
- LIS 570 - Research, Assessment, And Design
Biography
Dr. Milly Romeijn-Stout is a Guest Faculty Member at the University of Washington Information School, specializing in Library and Information Science. She earned a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Washington Information School in 2023. She holds an MLIS from the University of Washington, and has served as a Children’s Services Librarian with the Sno-isle library system. She has participated in autism, library science, and early literacy studies at the University of Washington as both a student researcher and a research coordinator. She was the graduate research lead for IMLS funded project Autism-Ready Libraries, and designed the Autism-Ready Libraries Toolkit to provide a free resource to youth-serving library staff. Her current research focuses on how libraries can address neuroinclusion and access for all children and families, particularly in relation to early literacy services.
Education
- Ph D, Information Science, University of Washington, 2023
- MLIS, University of Washington, 2014
- BA, English Literature, Western Washington University, 2012
Publications and Contributions
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Toolkit
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Journal Article, Professional JournalHarry Potter in the 21st Century: Leveraging Problematic Fiction to Infuse Social Justice into LIS Curriculum (2020)ALKI: The Washington Library Association Journal, pp. 27-32
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ToolkitConnectedLib Toolkit (2019)
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Conference PaperTechnology use in rural and urban public libraries: Implications for connected learning in youth programming (2018)
Presentations
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Autism-Ready Libraries: Early Literacy Services for Autistic Children and Their Families
(2023)
OTARC Seminar Series, La Trobe University - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Autism Ready Libraries: Improving inclusion in public libraries
(2019)
American Library Association Annual Conference - Washington D.C.