[Eril-l] Lynda.com

[Charles Thomas]

Cindy,

Lynda.com also offers a much more affordable option named LyndaPro, through which you can subscribe to almost any smaller number of simultaneous "seats" users. My consortium subscribes for 5 seats to be used by about 750 FTE. Additionally, even some of the mid-sized universities in Maryland do not license for the entire campus, but instead license something like 20-25 seats to ensure adequate access but also acknowledge that not all FTE will need to use Lynda.com at the same time. 

The main trade-off to this approach is that someone on campus has to manage the workload and turning access on/off for specified users at the proper time. In my consortium, I set it up so that each seat is reserved a week at a time by individual users. At the beginning of each week, I turn on/off access for the correct registered users.

I hope this is helpful.

Sincerely,

Chuck


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Chuck Thomas
Executive Director, USMAI Library Consortium
Tel: 202-651-1921
Email: cthomas at usmd.edu
usmai.org
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From: Eril-l [eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Harper, Cynthia [charper at vts.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 12:49 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: [Eril-l] Lynda.com

Does any small library offer Lynda.com?  We’re having a hard time justifying the price quoted to our HR for a non-profit, I wonder if library pricing is better?  We’re an FTE of 367.  What access options are you using?

Thanks,

Cindy Harper
E-services and periodicals librarian
Virginia Theological Seminary
Bishop Payne Library
3737 Seminary Road
Alexandria VA 22304
charper at vts.edu<mailto:charper at vts.edu>
703-461-1794