OPLIN Board Continues Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning Service
UPDATE: OPLIN’s LinkedIn Learning Subscription Ends June 30, 2024
At its February 9, 2024 board meeting, the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) determined that it will not renew its statewide subscription with LinkedIn Learning. The last day that your library will have access to the statewide subscription is June 30, 2024. OPLIN recommends that you review your library’s usage stats before making any local decisions about renewing LinkedIn Learning for your patrons. If you have questions, contact support@oplin.ohio.gov.
Aug. 12, 2019 — At their meeting on Aug. 9, the OPLIN Board reviewed the new terms for LinkedIn Learning for Libraries and discussed the limited access that OPLIN staff will have to the administrator accounts for the service. Under LinkedIn Learning’s new terms of service, a library cardholder will need to create a LinkedIn profile in order to access the platform’s educational courses. The ALA and other organizations have opposed LinkedIn’s plans, but due to the high usage of the Lynda.com content and the value Ohioans put on this resource, the OPLIN board decided to continue the statewide agreement.
LinkedIn is currently conducting beta-tests of the new platform for libraries. They intend to move all library customers onto the new platform within the next couple months. One of the requirements is that each of the old Lynda administrator accounts will have its functions transferred to an individual’s LinkedIn profile. In most cases, the current Lynda administrator accounts are associated with library directors’ email addresses, but the LinkedIn Learning administrator functions do not have to be in the director’s LinkedIn account. They can be delegated to another staff member. This must be a library employee’s personal LinkedIn account; LinkedIn does not allow shared profile access, nor do they allow multiple administrators for LinkedIn Learning for Libraries.
