{"id":2959,"date":"2018-05-04T18:33:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T01:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:07:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:07:13","slug":"free-access-to-thousands-of-online-courses-with-gvpl-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2018\/05\/04\/free-access-to-thousands-of-online-courses-with-gvpl-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Access to Thousands of Online Courses with GVPL Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you have access to thousands of top quality online courses for free with your Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) card?<\/p>\n<p>Public Library cardholders in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada have access to more than 3,500 courses and approximately 144,000 video tutorials on the&nbsp;an online learning platform, Lynda.com.<\/p>\n<p>All you need to do is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\/portal\/sip?org=gvpl.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow this link<\/a>,<\/strong>&nbsp;then login with your library card number and your library account password.<\/p>\n<p>I get free access to Lynda.com (now called LinkedIn Learning) content as a Microsoft MVP. It is an incredible resource as the video courses are taught by industry experts.<\/p>\n<p>This offer has been around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gvpl.ca\/2017\/06\/say-hello-to-lynda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">since 2017<\/a> so get in there and<strong> learn something new for free<\/strong> before this amazing resource is no longer available<em> (no word on it being phased out from what I can see, but nothing good lasts forever).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you have the discipline to invest in self-directed training, this resource is a fantastic way to get a taste of a variety of topics from business skills to technology to the creative arts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"q422GL67md\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gvpl.ca\/virtual-branch\/lynda-dot-com\/\">Lynda.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gvpl.ca\/virtual-branch\/lynda-dot-com\/embed\/#?secret=q422GL67md\" data-secret=\"q422GL67md\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" title=\"&#8220;Lynda.com&#8221; &#8212; GVPL.ca\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you have access to thousands of top quality online courses for free with your Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) card? 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