PALNI joins DOERS3 to advance open educational resources

INDIANAPOLIS—The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) is excited to announce its membership in the Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) Collaborative, joining 41 public higher education systems and statewide organizations across North America. Launched in 2018, DOERS3 serves 9.3 million students at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, advancing student success through the promotion of free, customizable Open Educational Resources (OER).

As a DOERS3 member, PALNI will collaborate with peer institutions to scale and sustain OER initiatives, contribute to policy discussions, and develop tools that demonstrate the impact of OER on educational equity and student outcomes.

"Joining DOERS3 aligns with PALNI's commitment to increasing access and affordability in higher education through innovative OER initiatives," said Amanda Hurford, PALNI’s Scholarly Communications Director. "This partnership will further enhance the impact of the Lilly Endowment-funded PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning Program and other open education efforts by enabling us to collaborate with like-minded organizations dedicated to advancing open education."

To learn more about DOERS3, visit the organization website. 

For more on affordable learning, open access, scholarly publishing, and similar services provided to PALNI-supported institutions, visit PALNI Scholarly Communications online.

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About DOERS3

The Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS) Collaborative is a group of 41 public higher education systems and statewide/provincewide organizations that are committed to supporting student success by promoting free, customizable open educational resources (OER). Launched in 2018, DOERS helps member organizations implement, scale, and sustain OER by advancing research and policy, sharing tools and learnings, and showing how OER can foster equity and student success.

About the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana

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 containing costs. Simultaneously, PALNI is expanding collaboration within its institutions and with external library partners to address challenges and build cost-effective services. Visit www.palni.org 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