Library network recognizes Earlham faculty for leadership in collaboration, textbook affordability

The Private Academic Library Network for Indiana (PALNI) has recognized three members of the Earlham faculty for excellence in collaboration and affordability in education.

Library Director Amy Bryant received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Leadership in Deep Collaboration. This award recognizes leadership in building, supporting, and advancing the tenets of deep collaboration. It was given to three individuals across the state who have led the way in working together more deliberately and effectively.

Karla Fribley, instructional technologies director and seminaries librarian, and Shannon Barnes, instructional designer, received special recognition for supporting PALSave, PALNI’s textbook affordability initiative. This award recognizes the support team and task force members, project managers, and consultants who have contributed to making the Lilly Endowment-funded PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning Program a success by achieving $2.3 million in overall savings and impacting 37,233 students throughout the state.

Now in its 31st year, PALNI is a nonprofit organization supporting collaboration for library and information services for 24 private colleges, universities, and seminaries throughout Indiana. The PALNI community comprises more than 150 employees from those libraries, serving approximately 47,500 students and faculty statewide.

This year’s award recipients were nominated by their peers and represent a variety of organizations, roles, and responsibilities within the consortium. Awards were given in multiple categories that support PALNI’s mission of providing high-quality support for student learning and effective teaching through shared expertise, services, resources, and partnerships.

To view PALNI’s current and past award winners, see PALNI Awards and Recognition.

About Earlham College 

Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion foster a collaborative learning community that inspires and motivates students with transformative opportunities and experiences so they can become catalysts for good in a changing world. Located in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham is one of U.S. News & World Report’s Top 100 national liberal arts colleges and offers one of the top 20 classroom experiences in the nation, according to the Princeton Review.