All staff can be reached using a single email: staff@palni.edu
PALNI Staff
As Chief Operations officer, the Executive Director acts on behalf of the PALNI organization under the policy direction and program plan of the Board and reporting to the Executive Committee. She is responsible for the development and implementation of a strategic plan for the organization. kleonard@palni.edu | 317-752-6831
The Associate Director (AD) is responsible for advancing annually identified PALNI strategic objectives and reports to the Executive Director (ED). He provides creative leadership, management, and support for core library information systems and applications with the goals of increasing collaboration to expand services and reduce costs. nbrubaker@palni.edu | 317-721-8198
The Knowledge Base and License Manager Librarian provides functional Knowledge Base and License Manager Module implementation and management support for PALNI libraries. She manages subscription resources, electronic collections, and advances the overall PALNI shared collection management goals. lgonzalez@palni.edu | 317-550-5229
The Scholarly Communications Director works to promote the development of a consortia-wide repository for institutional research and publications, faculty and student works, data sets, and emerging digital scholarship for the institutions. She also leads the effort to raise awareness of scholarly communication issues, including open access publishing and open educational resources, and leads the professional development of librarians and staff assigned to scholarly communications work at each of the PALNI institutions. amanda@palni.edu | (317) 747-0507
The Strategic Communications Director works to identify, optimize, and manage PALNI communication systems. Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to the website, internal and external PALNI communications, usability and user experience studies of products and services, and graphic design and marketing requests by any of PALNI’s institutions. molly@palni.edu | (317) 512-7359
Voted "Most Valuable Player" 25 years in a row, Sir Coffee is an office staple in PALNI. Every meeting begins with a fresh pot and ends with an empty cup.
"Elixir of life,
Potent force so thickly brewed,
Give me strength anew."
- David W.
PALNI Half/Quarter-time Coordinators/Consultants
(in partnership with PALNI institutions)
She provides project support for the grant-based PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning program, and serves on the Admin Team for that group. Working with the Scholarly Communications Director, she coordinates efforts to educate faculty about Open Educational Resources (OER) and supports the use of affordable alternatives to commercial textbooks.
She coordinates PALNI in-person events as well as provides communication and member support for the consortia. Skilled in graphic design, web design, inter-personal communications, and photography she assists the Communication and Marketing Director with PALNI projects.
Based out of Anderson University. He provides project support for the collaborative institutional repository. Working with the Scholarly Communications Director, he coordinates efforts to operationalize the consortium-wide IR, including training, procedure documentation, and analyzing usage.
Based out of Anderson University. She assists PALNI libraries with a variety of cataloging projects and challenges. Specifically, she provides original cataloging services for tangible items such as books, microforms, audio visual materials, and the like.
Based out of Anderson University. Heather provides project support for PALNI’s open access PALSave Textbook Creation Grants. Working with the Scholarly Communications Director and OER Publishing Task Force, she coordinates efforts with various stakeholders to ensure that projects are on schedule and that they adhere to guidelines. Heather will be working with the Pressbooks platform to provide access to over 15 new open textbooks.