Maggie Zarnosky Saponaro
Manager, Staff Learning and Development

Job Description

• Planning and development
• Works with Assistant Dean for OD, Personnel Programs Coordinator, Staff Education Coordinating Team (SECT) and others to specify content, length, trainers (or instructors or speakers), frequency, etc. for each current or new module in the Learning Curriculum.
• Leads Staff Education Coordinating Team (SECT) - an advisory, coordinating group on staff learning and development, which has representatives from Diversity Committee, Information Literacy Team, Information Technology Division, Organizational Development, Peer Training Collective, Staff Learning and Development, and Technical Services.
• Helps train trainers/teachers from the library staff and supports their ongoing activity and development.
• Identifies and secure outside trainers, instructors or consultants as activities warrant.
• Plans publicity and outreach efforts for the workshops or other activities.
• Oversees Web site for Staff Learning office and Learning Curriculum.
• Plans, monitors and reports on expenses of Learning Curriculum supported by Libraries’ operating budget.
• Seeks external sources of funding to support special initiatives or meet special needs.
• Implementation
• Assures that activities take place as planned.
• Handles logistics of learning activities as needed, assuring that trainers and learners have what they need at time of activity.
• Teaches workshops and leads or facilities other activities.
• Sees that databases of participating staff are maintained.
• Assures that university- or library-mandated training (e.g., sexual harassment prevention) are offered regularly and that all staff attend over time.
• Evaluation
• Assures that each activity is evaluated by participants and that evaluations are compared across time.
• Participates in needs assessment for new offerings under Learning Curriculum auspices.
• Collaborates on measuring outcomes of learning and development activities of staff.
• Reports and reviews findings with all concerned.
• Plans new activities based on findings and recommendations.

Education:

• PhD. Coursework, Public Administration, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996-2000
• M.L.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 1992
• B.A. (Speech Communication), California State University, Northridge, 1990

Professional Memberships:

• American Library Association
• Member, Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)
• Member, Organization and Planning Committee
• Maryland Library Association

Professional Publications and Presentations:

• Review Editor. G. Edward Evans and Patricia L. Ward. Library Leadership for Managers. New York: Neal-Schuman, in progress.
• Co-author, with G. Edward Evans. Developing Library and Information Center Collections. 5th Ed. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
• Webmaster - Accompanying Website: DLC5 Supplemental Materials
• Co-presenter, with Sue Baughman. UM Libraries: Charting the Course for Organizational Change Poster session at the ACRL 12th National Conference, April 9, 2005, Minneapolis.
• Review Editor. G. Edward Evans. Performance Appraisal: A How-To-Do-It Guide For Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2004.
• Co presenter, with Sue Baughman and Johnnie Love. So, You Want To Be A Leader? Virginia Library Association Region V Spring Program, April 22, 2004, Alexandria, VA.
• Co-presenter, with Sue Baughman. Summer Camp Revisited: UM Libraries’ Summer For Supervisors. Living the Future 5: Strategically Striving and Surviving, April 15, 2004, Tucson, Arizona.
• Co-author, with Sue Baughman and Johnnie Love. Working Paper #7: Shared Leadership Development in the UM Libraries. November 2003.
• Presenter. Evaluating Electronic Resources, VLA Collection Management Forum Annual Program. April 20, 2001, Richmond, Virginia.
• Review Editor. G. Edward Evans, Patricia Layzell Ward and Bendik Rugaas. Management Basics for Information Professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2000.
• Co-author, with Dr. G. Edward Evans. Developing Library and Information Center Collections. 4th Ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
• Webmaster - Accompanying Website: DLC4 Supplemental Materials
• Co-presenter, with Sylvia Rortvedt. Evaluating Sources of Information on the Internet. Virginia Community College System, New Horizons Conference, April 6, 1999, Richmond, Virginia.
• Co-author, with John Tombarge. "Using the Internet to Link Students and Educators and Teach Library Literacy Skills." Chapter in "LOEX" of the West: Collaboration and Instructional Design In A Virtual Environment. Ed. Kari Anderson, et. al, Foundations in Library and Information Science, v. 43, 187-204. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 1999.
• Review Editor. G. Edward Evans. Developing Library and Information Center Collections. 3rd Ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
• Co-author, with John Richardson. "Reference Works: General. Chapter in The Readers Adviser 14th Ed. (New York: Bowker, 1994), p. 80-118.
• Co-author, with John Richardson. "A State Transition Model of United States Congressional Information." Journal of Government Information, 21 (Jan./Feb. 1994): 25-35.
• Author. "Knowledge Served on A Silver Platter: Planning and Paying For CD-ROMs" RQ 32 (Fall 1992): 75-84.

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Current Activities:

• Developed and co-taught "Generating and Organizing Ideas" - Learning Curriculum, Spring 2006
• Developed and taught "CorporateTime for the Web" - Learning Curriculum, Summer 2005
• Co-taught "Intermediate HTML" - Learning Curriculum, Summer 2005
• Member, Faculty Annual Review Oversight Committee, University Libraries, 2005-Present
• Developed and taught Advanced Word - Learning Curriculum, Summer 2004
• Member, Web Administration Committee, University Libraries, 2003-May 2005
• Developed and co-taught "Secrets of Meeting Management" - Learning Curriculum, Summer/Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2005
• Member, Facilitator's Team, University Libraries, 2004-Present
• Developed and taught "HTML 101: Introduction to HTML" - Learning Curriculum, Summer/Fall 2003; Fall 2004, Fall 2005 (PDF)
• Developed and taught "PowerPoint Overview" - Learning Curriculum, Fall 2003, Spring/Summer 2004 (PDF)
• Developed and taught "Excel Overview" - Learning Curriculum, Spring/Summer 2004 (PDF)
• Taught "Excel Intermediate" - Learning Curriculum, Summer 2004 (PDF)
• Developed and taught "PowerPoint Intermediate" - Learning Curriculum, Summer 2004 (PDF)
• Member, UM Senate Staff Affairs Committee, 2003-Present

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