Lynda.com ~ Free Training Friday

Lynda.com is a website that is partnered with LinkedIn skills training. The first month is free and then there is a subscription fee to continued access to the hundreds of courses. And while the cost to get increased job skills isn't too expensive there is a way to get it for free.

Step 1: Go to lynda.com and instead of signing in with LinkedIn click on sign in with your organization

lynda.com log in

Step 2: Next sign in with your school or library URL

enter organization URL

Step 3: Log in with your library number and pin

library log in credentials

Step 4: Gain access to hundreds of courses and learning paths for no cost!

lynda.com training library

Not all libraries and organizations are affiliated with lynda.com so this may not work for all libraries. I am a member of the San Diego library so I am luckily able to have access to the training library.

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