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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>I just learned
about <a href="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/">GCFLearnFree.org</a> and thought
it could be useful in libraries. The site provides free tutorials in such
areas as computer training like Excel and email basics , job skills like resume
writing and tips for job searching, math and money basics like figuring
percentages and staying out of debt, and everyday life basics like reading a
map and filling a prescription. They’ve also just launched a
section for helping people learn to read. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Tutorials are
self-paced and interactive, and a few about computers can even be taken as
online classes during which learners get feedback from instructors and can earn
a certificate of completion and continuing education credits. <a
href="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/home/support.aspx?q=12">http://www.gcflearnfree.org/home/support.aspx?q=12</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>All (most?)
content is available in Spanish: <a href="http://www.gcfaprendagratis.org/">http://www.gcfaprendagratis.org/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>The site exists to
help fulfill the mission of the Goodwill Community Foundation, <a
href="http://gcflearnfree.org/home/ourstory.aspx">http://gcflearnfree.org/home/ourstory.aspx</a>,
and is endorsed by the Family Center on Technology and Disability, <a
href="http://www.fctd.info/resources/4917">http://www.fctd.info/resources/4917</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>FYI,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Library Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Salem, OR 97301-3950<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>503-378-5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a
href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us"
title="blocked::mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us"><span style='font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>To receive the latest news about OSLIS, <a
href="http://www.oslis.org"><span style='color:blue'>www.oslis.org</span></a>,
sign up for the listserv,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>OSLIST, at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a
href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oslist"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oslist</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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