Anyone interested in taking online classes may do so through the Cary Library.
There are two ways of getting free online classes. Visit Cary Library’s website and under news click Lynda.com or under online collections is LearningExpress.
The Maine State Library is currently offering a “two-week access E-Pass” to the Lynda.com Online Training Library. Lynda.com is an online learning company that helps anyone learn software, design and business skills to achieve their personal and professional goals.
The site offers over 2,500 video courses covering technical skills, creative techniques, business strategies and more.
“We hope all small businesses, entrepreneurs, the unemployed, home-schoolers, any library patron will take advantage to learn from the comfort of their home or office,” said Linda Faucher, librarian.
Public library patrons throughout Maine will have the opportunity to use a two-week subscription that allows access to all of the training content available on the Lynda website until February 2015. The web address is http://www.maine. gov/msl/digital/lynda/. Sign up is required and will include your name, library name, email address and library card number.
The second way is to access LearningExpress, the latest addition to Cary Library’s online services.
Funded by the Maine State Library’s BTOP grant and available to Maine public library patrons, LearningExpress Library’s resources will help you succeed.
LearningExpress Library is an interactive online learning platform with over 770 practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, tutorials, and eBooks related to job search and workplace skills for improvement, career certification and licensing exam preparation, college entrance graduate school admissions exam preparation, GED exam preparation and basic skills improvement in reading, writing and math, for all ages.
In addition, interactive popular software tutorials/courses are video-based and allow those using the services to learn at their own pace.
