Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded $520,000 to the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) for PALSave, an affordable education initiative that will combat rising textbook costs and their detrimental effects on student success and retention. “The PALSave program will provide education and funding support to the faculty of the 24 private Indiana colleges, […]
Check out our Timeline!
This site now has a timeline page illustrating the PALSave story, all the way from the start.
PALSave Impact Update
On Friday, March 8th Amanda Hurford, PALNI Scholarly Communications Director and PALSave Team Chair, hosted a webinar providing a PALSave project update and discussing impact so far. Here are the recording and slides .
Open Textbooks Reviewed by PALNI-supported faculty
In honor of Open Education Week, the PALSave Team would like to extend gratitude to the numerous faculty members who have taken their time to write reviews of titles in the Open Textbook Library, which is the collection of open textbooks maintained by the Open Textbook Network. These titles offer a glimpse into the breadth of subjects in […]
You are invited: PALSave’s Open Textbook Network Workshop, 3/18/19
PALNI campuses are affiliate members of the Open Textbook Network (OTN) through PALSave, and we’d like to invite you to a workshop with OTN’s leadership to learn about developing successful Open Educational Resource (OER) programs on your campus. The workshop is Monday, March 18, 2019, at Indiana Wesleyan University North Campus. Register here. Feel free to email palsave@palni.edu for more information […]
PALSave Campus Leaders learn how to launch cost-saving textbook program on their campus
On November 5, 2018 leaders – including bookstore managers, instructional technologists, and librarians – from over half of PALNI’s supported institutions attended a workshop facilitated by the Open Textbook Network to learn how to roll out this new program on their campus. Attendees were trained to encourage the faculty adoption of open educational resources (OER) […]
PALSave Kickoff Webinar
Andrea Cohn and Amanda Hurford, System Leaders and PALSave Admin Team members, recently hosted a kickoff webinar for the PALSave initiative on October 9, 2018. Covered in this webinar: Getting started with PALSave Affordable learning talking points Developing campus partnerships and building awareness Conducting student surveys and interviews Preparing for PALSave System Leaders to […]
Registration for 11/5 PALSave workshop with Open Textbook Network
Registration is now open for the in-person PALSave workshop with expert representatives from the Open Textbook Network. It will be held Monday, November 5, 9 am-4 pm, at Indiana Wesleyan University North. Our speakers will cover: Developing successful programs on your campus Strategies for addressing common challenges Tools & resources Faculty workshop preview and logistics Full agenda here. […]
System Leaders Attend the Open Textbook Network Summer Institute & Summit
This July, in Chaska, Minnesota, six Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) System Leaders spent a week at the Open Textbook Network (OTN) Summer Institute and Summit. The conference provided PALNI’s official introduction to the Open Textbook Network, which PALNI joined this summer. The System Leaders closely explored OTN’s method of introducing the Open Textbook Library to […]
PALNI Joins the Open Textbook Network
The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) recently joined the Open Textbook Network (OTN) in order to further its initiatives for affordable education and student success across the state. OTN maintains the Open Textbook Library, and is well known for helping organizations to advance the use of open textbooks and practices on their campuses. They’ve […]