INDIANAPOLIS—The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) recognized library and...
A new open educational resource (OER) from authors at Trine University explores how leaders can examine and adopt technologies that help organizations and their members be successful.
Through an interactive publication titled “Technology Tools for Leaders,” readers will learn how to apply design thinking to leadership scenarios while working through elements related to technology implementation including communication, failure, continuous improvement, and privacy concerns. They will have an opportunity to investigate the technology needs of an organization and then prepare its members for changes in technology, while also developing initiatives to maximize organizational effectiveness.
Andrea Bearman, Director of Instructional Design and Development, and Jill Noyes, Director of Library and Information Services, published the resource using the PALNI Pressbooks platform, an open source book authoring and editing tool offered to PALNI-supported institutions. It is the second project to be produced jointly by the authors through Pressbooks; the first is an interactive book and quick-start guide for research titled “Research and Information Literacy with Library Resources.”
According to the “Technology Tools for Leaders” book description: With the vast and varied technologies available to leaders, it is no doubt managing these technologies can be challenging. Yet, leaders must have a sense of which technologies will help the organization and its members to be successful. While an organizational leader does not need to be a technology expert, having an awareness of the impact technology has on an organization is important.
As a PALNI Press title, the publication is entirely free and available to anyone interested in the subject matter. View and download the contents online.
About PALNI
The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) is a non-profit organization that supports collaboration for library and information services for 24 colleges, universities and seminaries throughout the state. From its inception in 1992, the PALNI collaboration has been a key avenue for its supported institutions to contain costs while providing more effective library services. More recently, PALNI has adopted a model of deep collaboration that pools resources and people as a tool to expand services while keeping costs down. PALNI’s board of directors, composed of all 24 library deans and directors from the supported organizations, convened a Future Framing Task Force in 2019 to address ongoing demographic challenges in higher education. The board has escalated this work in the wake of COVID-19, as the consortium seeks to manage the increased need for online support while reducing costs. Simultaneously, PALNI is expanding collaboration within its institutions and with external library partners to address challenges and build cost-effective services. Visit the PALNI website for more information.
PALNI Supported Institutions
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary | Anderson University | Bethel University | Butler University | Concordia Theological Seminary | Christian Theological Seminary | DePauw University | Earlham College | Franklin College | Goshen College | Grace College | Hanover College | Huntington University | Manchester University | Marian University | Oakland City University | University of Saint Francis | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | Saint Mary’s College | Saint Meinrad’s Seminary and School of Theology | Taylor University | Trine University | University of Indianapolis | Wabash College
