Library Liaisons and Memberships

Library Liaison Assignments

The library's liaison program is designed to enhance student learning by facilitating communication between academic departments and the library. The role of the liaison is to:

• Share information about library services with faculty.
• Collaborate with faculty in promoting information literacy.
• Inform faculty of available resources appropriate to their curriculum.
• Connect with faculty in identifying appropriate resources.
• Coordinate with faculty regarding assignments using library resources.

Memberships

Our library belongs to a consortium of small, private academic libraries throughout the state of Indiana. The consortium of the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana, PALNI, comprises twenty-four libraries. The PALNI system is managed by a project team at the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA) in Indianapolis, Indiana. The system includes a shared online library catalog, as well as subsystems to support each library's circulation control, technical services, and reference activities. All of these institutions have joined PALNI because of a belief in the power of collaboration as a mechanism for improving library services.

Hackelmeier Memorial Library is also a member of the Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI) organization, comprising major research libraries, law and medical libraries, theological school libraries, and many undergraduate libraries.