[OPLINLIST] Learning Express Library Is Here!

Fri, 1 Jul 2005 15:50:50 -0400

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Starting July 1, the LearningExpress Library will be available to all Ohio
residents through the state's public libraries, K-12 schools, colleges and
community colleges, and adult education centers.  LearningExpress Library
provides online, interactive practice tests, career building tools, and
writing aides. 

The two year pilot project is funded by The State Library of Ohio and OPLIN
with an additional Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to Libraries Connect Ohio, a
collaborative project of the State Library of Ohio, OPLIN,  OhioLINK,
INFOhio and other library organizations.  LearningExpress Library will join
the core research databases Libraries Connect Ohio provides Ohioans.

LearningExpress Library offers students and adults unlimited, 24/7 access to
targeted skill-building interactive courses in math, reading, and writing,
as well as hundreds of online interactive practice tests that prepare them
for several types of exams including grade school achievement tests, the
SAT, GED, U.S. Citizenship, and civil service positions. Complete answer
explanations accompany each response so that patrons understand why a
particular answer is correct or incorrect. 

All practice tests include instant diagnostic score reports that help
patrons to target those skill areas that need the most attention. To help
students master the SAT and recently added essay, instant score reports
provide immediate feedback on how well they performed in each of five
writing skill areas. 

LearningExpress Library can be accessed from any web-enabled computer in the
library, computer lab, office, or home. 

The url for LearningExpress Library is
<http://www.learningexpresslibrary.com/>
http://www.learningexpresslibrary.com

Patrons can enter LearningExpress Library from any authenticated site:
Ohio's public libraries, academics and schools.  

While at LearningExpress Library, patrons set up their own accounts. Note:
Patrons must set up their accounts while at an authenticating site.
Thereafter, the account is accessible from anywhere.  

Patrons are then free to take any available test.

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Byrnes at the State Library
of Ohio at (614) 644-6875, 1-800-686-1532 or jbyrnes@sloma.state.oh.us.

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will
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LearningExpress Library =
offers
students and adults unlimited, 24/7 access to targeted skill-building
interactive courses in math, reading, and writing, as well as hundreds =
of
online interactive practice tests that prepare them for several types =
of exams
including grade school achievement tests, the SAT, GED, U.S. =
Citizenship, and
civil service positions. Complete answer explanations accompany each =
response
so that patrons understand why a particular answer is correct or =
incorrect. <o:p></o:p>

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face=3DArial><span
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ont></p>

All practice tests include =
instant
diagnostic score reports that help patrons to target those skill areas =
that
need the most =
attention. To help
students master the SAT and recently added essay, instant score reports =
provide
immediate feedback on how well they performed in each of five writing =
skill
areas. <o:p></o:p>

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<st1:place
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While at
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accounts
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from
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Byrnes</st1:PersonName>
at the State Library of Ohio at (614) 644-6875, 1-800-686-1532 or =
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