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At the risk of sounding like a broken record, it’s important to remember, contrary to an overwhelming opinion, that libraries are more than places to release books. It’s part of the equation, but the truth is that libraries are knowledge stores, dedicated to serving the educational, recreational and cultural needs of the communities they serve.

And while books have for centuries been the best carriers of these needs, times change, the needs of their communities change, and libraries must adapt and change with them.

It would be impossible to watch the changing societal tides that surround us and not recognize the internet as a primary place people have turned to for a huge range of services, from self-diagnosing illnesses to trying to find the internet. soul mate in the purchase of healthy and easy-to-cook meals. And that just names three of the limitless possibilities.

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Manitowoc Public Library recognizes the power of the internet to have an impact and potentially improve the lives of those who choose to explore its cyber horizons.

On our website – www.manitowoclibrary.org – web explorers can find a number of excellent online resources focused on expanding their sphere of possibilities. For example, if you want to learn a new language or dust off an old one, you can go to Mango Languages. Mango gives you access to tutorials in 72 different languages, from French to Farsi, from American Sign Language to Pirate. In short, you can be as serious or as casual as you want in whatever language you want.

Or if languages ​​aren’t your thing, MPL also offers Gale courses. Gale Courses offers a range of highly interactive, instructor-led courses which you can access through our website and complete entirely online. Interested in creating web pages? Gale Courses has you covered. Thinking of venturing into the field of criminal law? Yes, Gale Courses can help you too. And it’s barely scratching the surface of the Gale course. Classes last six weeks and new sessions start each month.

However, the online MPL resource that I would really like to highlight is Tutor.com. Tutor.com is an absolutely phenomenal online educational resource that unfortunately goes under the radar of a lot of people. Not today, however!

There are a multitude of reasons why someone may seek academic help – a desire to improve; seeking a cumulative GPA for college applications; maybe look for tips to be more helpful when your kids ask for help with homework; or maybe you never finished high school and you’ve reached a point in your life where you think taking your GED would be the smart thing to do. This is where Tutor.com comes in, able to handle all of these examples and many more.

In short, Tutor.com offers professional live online tutoring, live, live, in English and Spanish, between 4 pm and 11 pm, seven days a week. And not just in one or two fields of study. , but in over 25 subjects for learners from kindergarten to adult learning. But, it’s much more than that: there are test prep resources, an essay and resume repository that provides in-depth commentary within 12-24 hours, there’s a math help and quizzes. devaluation. Additionally, Tutor.com has partnered with The Princeton Review, which in addition to providing ACT and SAT practice tests, provides a plethora of information for those related to the university.

I basically buried the lead in the article, but the best thing about Tutor.com and the other digital resources on the MPL website is that they are absolutely 100% FREE for anyone with a card. MPL library! Again, all of this knowledge is available FREE to absolutely anyone in our community with a library card.

If that doesn’t bring your friendly local storehouse of knowledge straight into the 21st century, I don’t know what does!

Tim Gadzinski is Marketing Associate at Manitowoc Public Library.

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