The Brooklyn Public Library gives all of its patrons free access to Lynda.com. The site is a repository of web videos organized into courses where you can learn all kinds of skills. Access to their catalog of courses usually costs $25 per month, but with your library card you can get in for free.
So let’s say you want to launch a startup and have absolutely no skills of any kind: here are some topics you could start learning about at home, through your web browser, thanks to your membership at the library:
Code and web dev
- HTML Essential Training
9 videos - PHP and MySQL Essential Training
20 videos - JavaScript Esential Training
15 videos - Creating a first website in Dreamweaver CC 2014
9 videos - Building Mobile Apps with the PhoneGap Command-Line Interface
9 videos
Design
- Creative Insights: Lauren Bacon on web design as a career
1 video - Introduction to Graphic Design
9 videos - Muse Essential Training
16 videos - Photoshop CC One-on-One Essential Training
11 videos
Business development
- Entrepreneurship Fundamentals
7 videos - Business Analysis Fundamentals
6 videos - Project Management Fundamentals
7 videos - Agile Project Management
6 videos - Google Adwords Essential Training
11 videos
There are vastly more videos on there and these are just a few that struck us as useful for getting started, but have a look. They have courses covering all sorts of topics. The fastest way to figure out what else you need to learn is to start learning something and see if it fits. If learning from home works for you, the link at the top of the page could save you $25 every month.
