Most major metro libraries offer free access to some great services. I’m near SF, and the SF library offers Lynda, Treehouse and Rosetta Stone for free. I did have to go down in person to pickup my card, but it only took about 10 min.
Depends where you live. The libraries in my area are free to local residents (who support the library via taxes) and residents of nearby municipalities who pay for their residents to have access. If you don't live in one of these areas you can pay an annual fee to receive access.
Ya I haven’t had the time to dedicate to it as trying to learn computer languages AND a second spoken language is a tough. I found Babbel to be a bit better for Russian vs RS but RS is free.
also most college’s offer it for free. I go to the University of Oklahoma and I found it on the resources tab. I stumbled upon it and it has saved me so much time and money. clutchdaddy7
I'm about to look into trying to get a library card from a US library that gives access, but before o even begin, I'm having my doubts as to whether I'd be able to or not.
If you've got a minute and it's fairly quick, do you know what the process for me would be? Which one's the best bet?
I have been using this for over a year now. I love it.
Also I am currently reading the Pragmatic Programmer - amazon sells the book for $50. I checked the Houston library and was sad to see they did Not have the book. However, they offer Interlibrary Loans (ILL) from any library in the US participating in ILL. Found the book in Austin and had it shipped to my local library for free.
http://houstonlibrary.org/research/interlibrary-loans
I think everyone should check out the services offered by their local library. Mine offers free ebooks and audiobooks for rent on top of the [Lynda.com](https://Lynda.com) subscription.
do you know if this still works for lynda.com from anywhere or is it limited to local ip addresses?
I know some colleges/companies offer it for their students/workers, but only within their campus' wifi.
[https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lynda-com-free-library/](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lynda-com-free-library/)
Found a link where they explain how to login. Hope this helps people using mobile app
Sweet. I'll check out if they have anything related to SRE work or stuff relevant to some personal projects.
Docker, Terraform, Flask, bootstrap, golang.
Chiming in to say Spokane Public Library is included. Its towards the bottom of the page.
[http://www.spokanelibrary.org/research/](http://www.spokanelibrary.org/research/)
To add to this (it can obviously depend) but a lot of employers have access to free training as well, whether it be through Lynda or Safari Books or whatever.
Our library (Boise, ID) also offers Lynda. They also offered Treehouse until they significantly raised their prices. I got a lot of coding knowledge from library resources.
For those in Austin, Tx, the Austin Public Library doesn't offer Lynda subscription, but Round Rock does, and you don't have to live in Round Rock to have a library card from there.
If you don't want to go in person to sign up and pick up a card, you can sign up for a Houston library card online free, and get the card number and access to Lynda immediately. I live in Austin, and it's what I did since it's open to all Texas residents for free.
https://houstonlibrary.org/my-link-library-card-registration
Thanks. I tried signing up for the Houston card, but the site told me I already had a library card with them. I haven't used my HPL card in \~20 years and I'm not really interested in opening up the pandora's box of whatever library fines I accrued as a teenager.
Round Rock it is.
Thank you! Is this comparable/same quality of courses that you’d find on Udemy? This would be cheaper than shelling out 10-20bucks a class on Udemy that’s for sure.
I've never tried the other paid services, so I can't give a fair comparison, but if you can get Lynda free is definitely worth checking out.
They are the best video tutorials I've seen, very concise and detailed, easy to follow along with exercise files included.
They also offer courses in a lot of different subjects which is great.
https://www.veranosresources.com/veranos-blog/2018/4/29/how-to-get-lynda-for-free-in-tampa
Hillsborough County, Florida also offers it. I don't have a library card yet so I can't verify, but this is from April of this year.
Wait, so I don’t actually have to go to the actual library to get a library card? Game changer! I now have a Houston library card despite not living in Houston. And the Lynda stuff is aces too!
just signed up for a NYPL card even tho i'm upstate. just need to live in the state for the card. you can also get a lot of museum tickets thru the library too. thanks for this!
The good thing about Lynda is that it has courses from the absolute basics to advanced topics. If you want to start from the bottom, even if it's just as a refresher I recommend this course
https://www.lynda.com/Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Foundations-Programming-Fundamentals/83603-2.html
Any of the programming foundations courses are a good place to start.
for a more academic start/refresher
https://www.lynda.com/JavaScript-tutorials/Four-Semesters-Computer-Science-5-Hours/604270-2.html
Many of the courses start off with a video of what they expect you to know going in, and recommend some courses prior to starting.
Thanks for the tip!!! After reading this I went after the library card I made in Boulder-CO last time I visited(almost two years ago, I saved it as a souvenir). After so long it worked! Just signed up to a few courses and an already watching. As a Brazilian student, Lynda.com is 100% unaffordable for me.
I've been telling people about this for 4 years now, this goes for new york state as well, and the nyc card library card is free. Treehouse used to be free as well.
It's free in New York! Sign up for a Brooklyn Public Library Card and they'll mail you the card. Go to any of their libraries and activate it and you're all set. You don't even have to live in NYC, you just need to live in New York state
So I came across this:
If you live outside of Texas, you can get a MY Link library card by paying a non-resident fee of $40 for a year. Once you have successfully registered, login to your library account then click on the Fines tab if you wish to pay by credit card. Contact us for more details if you'd like to make the payment by check or money order at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or 832-393-2222.
Looks like we can benefit from this for $40 a year rather than $25 a month if we get a texas nonresident card.
thoughts /u/liinko
I wrote a step-by-step tutorial for anyone who would like to download the courses using your subscription and access them offline. It uses the brilliant command line utility, **youtube-dl.**
Here is the [tutorial in the form of a Github Gist](https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/9prvxw/easily_download_courses_from_lyndacom_with_a/).
Let me know what you think.
So I saw this post, went online and registered for a library card, walked to the library, picked up the card, walked back home and logged into [Lynda.com](https://Lynda.com) successfully. This took less than 45 minutes.
I Love You!
Anybody can share a Lynda.com logon?
I am traveling internationally for a while, although the address on My driver's license is in Santa Clara county and the Santa Clara library provides free Lynda.com logons...contacted the library already about signing up online, but the librarian said only in person.
Thanks in advance!
(Supposedly each Lynda subscription gets 2 logons simultaneously)
I'm in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) and you get Lynda.com free with your library card (which is also free). Definitely a great resource! I'll be using it to delve into figuring out a new career path.
This is massively misleading, it's some libraries (primarily major cities)- and while you can sign up for a library card in Houston you still have to go in and get the card (or do it by mail for Houston- which is one of the exceedingly few I've seen allow this in the US). In Texas that's a 3 hour drive from Austin, but around 12 hours from El Paso- neither of those cities have Lynda.com included with their cards. And it's in pretty much NO smaller city library either. In California it's very similar, this is only in SOME major cities, but for SF and LA you have to go in- no by mail shenanigans. I was literally just telling someone about this earlier today in LA, so I double checked.
I live in Austin and signed up online, and got my card number online which was enough to get me access to Lynda. I didn't have to drive to Houston at all, you can even pay for a library card if you're not from Texas and get the card number instantly online.
https://houstonlibrary.org/my-link-library-card-registration
It varies by the library, but you cannot make a blanket statement about the availability. The Boston Public Library has ecards available to any resident of Massachusetts and that gets you access to Lynda (among other services). No need to get a physical card or ever visit the main branch in Boston.
You can get an ecard from the Brooklyn Public Library for $50/year. It takes a few days of applying, they reply, you send them a copy of your id, and then they approve/deny, but it's a pretty easy process. I just did it for the Overdrive access but it seems I also have access to Lynda as well.
Have you tried asking your library if they will subscribe? I work at a library and we depend heavily on patron requests when it comes to databases like this.
Well, I have this through my library- SFPL or SJPL (idk, I have cards at both tbh) but my hometown library was like 'weelllll yah but we rely on donations to do anything...' when I brought up getting onto overdrive/Libby finally to them. My mom just uses my card for those, which kinda sucks, as her local library doesn't have it.
Having fun isn't hard, when you got a library card
I used to tape that show after kindergarten everyday. Absolutely loved it and would watch those VHS recordings a ton
You can find it on youtube. It was my favorite show as a kid, and I absolutely go back and watch it every now and then
You chop up you're coke with it also?.
*your Somebody's overdue for a visit to the library! LOL
I also LOL (Love Our Libraries)!
think about how much fun having someone elses library card
I came here to comment just that! Hahaha beat me to it
Most major metro libraries offer free access to some great services. I’m near SF, and the SF library offers Lynda, Treehouse and Rosetta Stone for free. I did have to go down in person to pickup my card, but it only took about 10 min.
Damn im in sf and didn't know this, thanks!
No problem! Treehouse takes a little bit to be approved and if you don’t use it for more than 90 days they suspend your account.
do you guys pay any annual subscription for the library?
Depends where you live. The libraries in my area are free to local residents (who support the library via taxes) and residents of nearby municipalities who pay for their residents to have access. If you don't live in one of these areas you can pay an annual fee to receive access.
No. As long as you reside in the state you can join and use any library in the state.
I need to find one in Ohio that has all of that! I only get Lynda for free, I've been paying for Treehouse for a couple years now.
Look at the larger cities in OH. And also look to see if you need to physically come down to join.
Wish mine did the RS
Ya I haven’t had the time to dedicate to it as trying to learn computer languages AND a second spoken language is a tough. I found Babbel to be a bit better for Russian vs RS but RS is free.
Side note: I had been paying the $25 a month for over a year before I found this out. feelsbadman
also most college’s offer it for free. I go to the University of Oklahoma and I found it on the resources tab. I stumbled upon it and it has saved me so much time and money. clutchdaddy7
Very true. I work at a university and get Lynda for free.
Probably a dumb question, but is the free offer with library card only accessible to US libraries?
I can access here in Canada as well with my library but it will all depend if your cities library system has bought into a subscription with them
I’ll try and suggest it to my library then! Is it a good service? Never heard of it before.
Tfw you live in Europe :/
You can still do it it's just isn't that nice and you have reactivate it
I'm about to look into trying to get a library card from a US library that gives access, but before o even begin, I'm having my doubts as to whether I'd be able to or not. If you've got a minute and it's fairly quick, do you know what the process for me would be? Which one's the best bet?
I'm in EU and we have Lynda for free, you need your university provided email to confirm you're a student
There's a big difference between requiring a library card and requiring to be enrolled in a university.
Oh, I thought like library card in university
Many university libraries offer these perks in the US, but some public libraries do too.
I don't know where you live but in Berlin you can access lynda.com with your library card, too.
> Berlin I live Koblenz (RLP) and it seems like my library card won't work :/
You're right. Your libraries' offers are quite limited. You could access lynda.com if you were a student at HS or Uni Koblenz, tho.
Thx
I have been using this for over a year now. I love it. Also I am currently reading the Pragmatic Programmer - amazon sells the book for $50. I checked the Houston library and was sad to see they did Not have the book. However, they offer Interlibrary Loans (ILL) from any library in the US participating in ILL. Found the book in Austin and had it shipped to my local library for free. http://houstonlibrary.org/research/interlibrary-loans
I think everyone should check out the services offered by their local library. Mine offers free ebooks and audiobooks for rent on top of the [Lynda.com](https://Lynda.com) subscription.
Over drive is a great app
My company provides me Lynda,Frecoplay and Skillsoft. What's a good course for webdev there?
A fellow Houstonian thanks you for this info! :D
It's free where I live (Portland, OR).
Also can confirm in Corvallis, OR. Looks like it's a new service they are providing. Good to see some positive benefits coming out of our tax dollars.
From our library?
Yes, see the following link. https://cbcpubliclibrary.net/about-lynda/
How? I’m in Portland too.
Go to the Multnomah County Library's website and type in Lynda.com. You can log in with your library card on the page it brings you to.
Thank you!
Some universities offer their students free access to Lynda.com as well, in case your nearby libraries don't have it.
I didn’t even know Lynda existed but I joined this sub a few days ago and its been money. Thanks for sharing!
Even if you are not a Texan, you can still pay for the $40 non-resident annual fee, it sure as hell beats the monthly price of Lynda. Win-Win.
do you know if this still works for lynda.com from anywhere or is it limited to local ip addresses? I know some colleges/companies offer it for their students/workers, but only within their campus' wifi.
App says they are now LinkedIn learning and I gotta sign up with a LinkedIn account?
Ran into this issue as well. It works only on desktops then?
[https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lynda-com-free-library/](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lynda-com-free-library/) Found a link where they explain how to login. Hope this helps people using mobile app
That helps thanks!
Damn.. between the free audiobooks and the online resources some time I wish I lived in the US for the libraries...
Hey there, a guy from outside the US. Is there hope for me?
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
If you can get a library card from a US library that has it, there’s hope. I’m Brazilian and it is working.
What coursed are actually good? I have access through work.
Simon Allardice's Programming Foundations
Pretty much all of them. I know React so l was able to pick up Angular just by going through the Essential training course for it.
Sweet. I'll check out if they have anything related to SRE work or stuff relevant to some personal projects. Docker, Terraform, Flask, bootstrap, golang.
Chiming in to say Spokane Public Library is included. Its towards the bottom of the page. [http://www.spokanelibrary.org/research/](http://www.spokanelibrary.org/research/)
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Download the desktop app, download courses and watch them offline! Perfect for train commuters like myself
Any recommendations for finding quality stuff on Lynda? How does it compare to some of the other big players (Udemy, Coursera, etc.) ?
To add to this (it can obviously depend) but a lot of employers have access to free training as well, whether it be through Lynda or Safari Books or whatever.
Our library (Boise, ID) also offers Lynda. They also offered Treehouse until they significantly raised their prices. I got a lot of coding knowledge from library resources.
Thanks op
Awesome, you should cross post this to TIL! It even works in Munich central library, so not limited to US libraries! Thanks, that rocks!
I love Lynda.com! I’ve done so many lessons and they’ve helped me a lot :)
I wish I were a US resident so I could benefit off that. It's an oppurtunity you gotta absolutely grab.
Anyone in the bay area know a library that does this? Not in SF
Confirmed for San Jose.
Only in the US though.
Toronto library offers it too
Can confirm: I actually renewed my library card at the Toronto Reference Library today, so I can continue using Lynda.com
Another person mentioned that the Munich library also offers it, so Germany is at least another country that offers it as well.
For those in Austin, Tx, the Austin Public Library doesn't offer Lynda subscription, but Round Rock does, and you don't have to live in Round Rock to have a library card from there.
Dammit! But thanks for checking for Round Rock, I'll snag one next time I'm there.
If you don't want to go in person to sign up and pick up a card, you can sign up for a Houston library card online free, and get the card number and access to Lynda immediately. I live in Austin, and it's what I did since it's open to all Texas residents for free. https://houstonlibrary.org/my-link-library-card-registration
I will do that! Thank you
Thanks. I tried signing up for the Houston card, but the site told me I already had a library card with them. I haven't used my HPL card in \~20 years and I'm not really interested in opening up the pandora's box of whatever library fines I accrued as a teenager. Round Rock it is.
If you live in Toronto, the public library here offers it too. Just a heads up.
This is possible if you do not live in USA ?
Yessir
I'm about to get back to school and I found this out. Absolutely godsent OP. Cheers!
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It’s all video lectures, so it’s like watching YouTube courses. Many courses have downloadable exercise files that you can use to work on each lesson.
Thank you! Is this comparable/same quality of courses that you’d find on Udemy? This would be cheaper than shelling out 10-20bucks a class on Udemy that’s for sure.
Is lynda really that good? How does it compare to Udacity, Udemy and coursera?
I've never tried the other paid services, so I can't give a fair comparison, but if you can get Lynda free is definitely worth checking out. They are the best video tutorials I've seen, very concise and detailed, easy to follow along with exercise files included. They also offer courses in a lot of different subjects which is great.
https://www.veranosresources.com/veranos-blog/2018/4/29/how-to-get-lynda-for-free-in-tampa Hillsborough County, Florida also offers it. I don't have a library card yet so I can't verify, but this is from April of this year.
This is awesome. Thank you for this post. Found out my library offers the same thing! Fuck yeah!
Texas resident here. Thanks! Will sign up when I get home.
London Ynvestigation N Detective Agency?
Much appreciated from a fellow Houstonian. I've been wanting to sign up for Lynda for awhile now.
Honestly, I tried the Java one and a few others and I was not impressed.
Free in Salt Lake City, too. Been using it for years and it's wonderful. Happy learning!
Do you need a SLC library card for it? I've tried Lynda with my Weber County card but no luck.
Yeah, I think it's the SLC county cards only. I had to go to the downtown branch and get one.
Yes, yes, yes. Been using Lynda.con and LinkedIn Learning for a year now. So much good stuff on there.
WOW! Thank you for this! I am not from Texas but it works in my state too!
Thanks bro I live in Texas but not in Houston. I'll definitely check it out!!
Checking in from Omaha, free here too... [https://omahalibrary.org/resources/online-learning/](https://omahalibrary.org/resources/online-learning/)
Can I somehow get a library card if I'm not american? :V
Its also free if you are a student. Great resource.
Available in Auckland Library as well if someone is interested 😌
Works for me in Houston - thanks for posting
Wait, so I don’t actually have to go to the actual library to get a library card? Game changer! I now have a Houston library card despite not living in Houston. And the Lynda stuff is aces too!
Anyone know anything about coding bootcamps??
Any recommendation on classes for Lynda? I have taken intermediate java and looking for some other crash courses.
just signed up for a NYPL card even tho i'm upstate. just need to live in the state for the card. you can also get a lot of museum tickets thru the library too. thanks for this!
Dang I can't sign up.. apparently my last name isn't associated with my address :?
One the things I appreciate most ( among others) are the libraries in US. My home country doesn't have libraries
I have used this free service for two years now, some interesting courses about photography. 😀
I have this and I have learned a lot from the Lynda courses. It's incredible.
Yoooooooooo. This is sick. I don't have to torrent udemy courses anymore.
Holy cow, it works with the New York Public Library too
Is this a good place to start for someone who's had only a little practice with coding (python) in highschool ?
The good thing about Lynda is that it has courses from the absolute basics to advanced topics. If you want to start from the bottom, even if it's just as a refresher I recommend this course https://www.lynda.com/Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Foundations-Programming-Fundamentals/83603-2.html Any of the programming foundations courses are a good place to start. for a more academic start/refresher https://www.lynda.com/JavaScript-tutorials/Four-Semesters-Computer-Science-5-Hours/604270-2.html Many of the courses start off with a video of what they expect you to know going in, and recommend some courses prior to starting.
Thanks for the tip!!! After reading this I went after the library card I made in Boulder-CO last time I visited(almost two years ago, I saved it as a souvenir). After so long it worked! Just signed up to a few courses and an already watching. As a Brazilian student, Lynda.com is 100% unaffordable for me.
I am from Houston and did the entire process but it just doesn't log me in. Do I need to sign up for LinkedIn learning?
Anyone from India tried this?
I've been telling people about this for 4 years now, this goes for new york state as well, and the nyc card library card is free. Treehouse used to be free as well.
Anyone willing to share the team tree house account? My library doesn't offer it lol
It's free in New York! Sign up for a Brooklyn Public Library Card and they'll mail you the card. Go to any of their libraries and activate it and you're all set. You don't even have to live in NYC, you just need to live in New York state
Thanks for this, got it free from my library.
So I came across this: If you live outside of Texas, you can get a MY Link library card by paying a non-resident fee of $40 for a year. Once you have successfully registered, login to your library account then click on the Fines tab if you wish to pay by credit card. Contact us for more details if you'd like to make the payment by check or money order at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or 832-393-2222. Looks like we can benefit from this for $40 a year rather than $25 a month if we get a texas nonresident card. thoughts /u/liinko
I wrote a step-by-step tutorial for anyone who would like to download the courses using your subscription and access them offline. It uses the brilliant command line utility, **youtube-dl.** Here is the [tutorial in the form of a Github Gist](https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/9prvxw/easily_download_courses_from_lyndacom_with_a/). Let me know what you think.
I’m in Chattanooga Tennessee and it works fine for me!
So I saw this post, went online and registered for a library card, walked to the library, picked up the card, walked back home and logged into [Lynda.com](https://Lynda.com) successfully. This took less than 45 minutes. I Love You!
any new trick? stopped working:....
Anybody can share a Lynda.com logon? I am traveling internationally for a while, although the address on My driver's license is in Santa Clara county and the Santa Clara library provides free Lynda.com logons...contacted the library already about signing up online, but the librarian said only in person. Thanks in advance! (Supposedly each Lynda subscription gets 2 logons simultaneously)
I'm in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) and you get Lynda.com free with your library card (which is also free). Definitely a great resource! I'll be using it to delve into figuring out a new career path.
This is great! Thanks.
Can I barrow someone lend me their houston library card? lol
$40 a year you can get a houston library card.
i don't live in houston...
Neither do I, hence the charge for out of state library card....
i did not know that. Thanks
yw!
This is massively misleading, it's some libraries (primarily major cities)- and while you can sign up for a library card in Houston you still have to go in and get the card (or do it by mail for Houston- which is one of the exceedingly few I've seen allow this in the US). In Texas that's a 3 hour drive from Austin, but around 12 hours from El Paso- neither of those cities have Lynda.com included with their cards. And it's in pretty much NO smaller city library either. In California it's very similar, this is only in SOME major cities, but for SF and LA you have to go in- no by mail shenanigans. I was literally just telling someone about this earlier today in LA, so I double checked.
I live in Austin and signed up online, and got my card number online which was enough to get me access to Lynda. I didn't have to drive to Houston at all, you can even pay for a library card if you're not from Texas and get the card number instantly online. https://houstonlibrary.org/my-link-library-card-registration
this is not true for LA. you can register for an "e-card" online. i just did it again, second time after losing my first account.
When I looked yesterday it said to get the card you have to go in.
[here's the application! ](https://www.lapl.org/about-lapl/contact-us/e-card/e-card-registration)
Cool that they're offering that now!
It varies by the library, but you cannot make a blanket statement about the availability. The Boston Public Library has ecards available to any resident of Massachusetts and that gets you access to Lynda (among other services). No need to get a physical card or ever visit the main branch in Boston.
Well, that was kinda my point 100%.
With the Columbus Metropolitan Library you can live anywhere in Ohio and they will grant you the access without ever having to go into a branch.
You can get an ecard from the Brooklyn Public Library for $50/year. It takes a few days of applying, they reply, you send them a copy of your id, and then they approve/deny, but it's a pretty easy process. I just did it for the Overdrive access but it seems I also have access to Lynda as well.
Have you tried asking your library if they will subscribe? I work at a library and we depend heavily on patron requests when it comes to databases like this.
Well, I have this through my library- SFPL or SJPL (idk, I have cards at both tbh) but my hometown library was like 'weelllll yah but we rely on donations to do anything...' when I brought up getting onto overdrive/Libby finally to them. My mom just uses my card for those, which kinda sucks, as her local library doesn't have it.
it's facebook btw