Today’s college students are facing ever-increasing financial expenses with traditional textbook prices contributing to the pressure. To combat rising textbook costs and their detrimental effects on student success and retention, the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) launched an initiative: PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a PALNI supported institution, has begun participating […]
Call For Proposals: PALSave Textbook Creation Grants
We are thrilled to announce the latest call for proposals for the PALSave Textbook Creation Grants Program, which will fund the creation of seven open textbooks in the 2023-2025 cohort. Faculty members from PALNI-supported institutions are invited to submit textbook creation proposals for courses they teach. Textbooks may cover any discipline at the undergraduate or postgraduate level. We […]
Indiana educators awarded PALSave grants for open textbook creation
The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) has awarded PALSave Textbook Creation Grants to faculty authors from three of its supported institutions. The grants will allow these educators to develop open textbooks that are freely available online, making them part of a statewide effort to reduce the cost of course materials for college students. […]
PALNI recognizes 10 faculty members with Open Educator Award
The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) has named 10 faculty members as recipients of the PALSave Open Educator Award for the 2021-22 academic year. The award recognizes innovation and excellence in support of higher education, textbook affordability and student success. As part of the PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning Program, these individuals have been […]
PALNI Awarded Additional Funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Support PALSave Affordable Learning Program
Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) a $275,000 grant to support PALSave, the consortium’s affordable learning initiative. PALSave combats the rising costs of textbooks by advancing the use of open educational resources (OER). The project supports student success and retention by providing collaborative tools and a framework […]
PALSave 20/21 Year in Review
The Lilly-funded PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning grant program recently wrapped up its second complete academic year. The infographic below (PDF here) illustrates the progress made in 2020-2021, showing performance indicators for savings, student success, and more. Congrats to Marian, Butler, and Earlham for making the top-three savings leaderboard! We also introduced a new leaderboard this year: […]
2020-2021 PALSave Open Educator Award Recipients Named
PALSave has named eight faculty members from five PALNI schools recipients of the “PALSave Open Educator Award” for the 2020-2021 academic year. The Open Educator Award recognizes innovation and excellence in support of textbook affordability and student success. The awards go to: Name Institution Award Category Laura Herder Butler University Open Education Champion James McGrath […]
PALSave Textbook Creation Grants Awarded to Faculty Textbook Authors
PALNI’s PALSave Textbook Creation Grants Program has awarded funding to faculty members from PALNI supported institutions to create six open textbooks. These open textbooks will be freely available on the web, reducing costs to students enrolled in courses in the future. Financed with support from Lilly Endowment Inc., each author will receive up to a maximum of […]
Announcing the JSTOR for Course Material Program
We’re pleased to announce a one-time, Lilly Endowment grant-funded program to purchase a limited amount of JSTOR ebooks published in the last three years for students to use as course materials. This program provides another zero-cost option in addition to open textbooks. Once purchased, the ebooks are available for unlimited concurrent use and are permanently […]
2019-2020 PALSave Open Educator Award Recipients Named
PALSave has named seven faculty members from four PALNI schools recipients of the “PALSave Open Educator Award” for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Open Educator Award recognizes innovation and excellence in support of textbook affordability and student success. The inaugural awardees were all pilot participants in the PALSave Course Redesign Grants, and embody the spirit […]