LA County Library Announces Award-Winning Early Learning Curriculum Available Free to Cardholders
Uploaded: , Friday, Jul 16, 2021
By Press Release
The L.A. County Library announced cardholders now have access to the award-winning ABCmouse Early Learning Academy curriculum for free.
Having won numerous awards from national education, parent, and media organizations, ABCmouse offers a highly engaging curriculum for preschool, pre-K, kindergarten and beyond.
ABCmouse is an online education resource designed to help early learners (ages 2 – 8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. The interactive curriculum is 100% educational and features more than 10,000 learning activities across all major subject areas including reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music with more than 2,000 of those learning activities offered in Spanish.
LA County Library Continues Work Ready Program to Enhance Job-Readiness
By Sentinel News Service
LA County Library announces the continuation of its
Work Ready series, a workforce development program launched in December, designed for Library customers who are looking to build job skills or discover new career opportunities, but who lack the device or internet connection to make it happen.
The pandemic has created new challenges for those in the workforce and those looking to reenter it. Customers who are interested in
Work Ready can enroll in a 6-week session, offered several times throughout 2021. Participants will borrow a Chromebook laptop and Wi-Fi hotspot from one of 20 participating libraries for the duration of the session, to help them in their job and career goals.
L.A. County Library announced Tuesday that it reached a record-breaking 3,109,225 digital book checkouts via
OverDrive in 2020 – a 34 percent increase from 2019 – making it one of the top 15 public library systems worldwide for total annual digital circulation. L.A. County Library Sets Record with More than 3 Million Digital Book Checkouts
This accomplishment illustrates the continued growth and importance of library digital lending of eBooks and audiobooks, especially in a year with building closures due to the global pandemic. L.A. County Library is one of 102 public library systems worldwide that surpassed 1 million checkouts.
L.A. County Library has been providing readers 24/7 access to eBooks and audiobooks for several years through