Google Digital Garage has great free courses for those of you interested in exploring the world of digital marketing. There is even an option to earn a certification that can be showcased on your LinkedIn profile once complete.

Canvas Network allows you to enroll in a variety of open online courses. The courses allow for continual access to course content after the course end date.

Canva is an online graphic design website, that offers an easy drag-and-drop feature with hundreds of fonts and millions of images. Create professional newsletters, presentations, or marketing materials with this easy to use service.

The Kent District Library, in Kent County, Michigan, created the What's Next®: Books in Series Database of Kent District Library to help search series fiction. They define a series as two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits. The database is searchable by author last name, author first name, name of a series, book title, category or genre.

LibraryThing is “book-geekery,” a site where you can create an easy, library-quality catalog for your personal library, using Amazon, the Library of Congress, and 2231 other libraries. With a free account, you can catalog up to 200 books. It also offers a community of readers to discuss your favorite books, and find new books to read, without influence by commercial marketing.

LibraryReads is an excellent readers’ advisory tool. It is a monthly nationwide library staff picks list for adult fiction and non-fiction. Their goal is to help connect librarians’ favorite books to as many readers as possible, while drawing upon the incredible power that public library staff has in helping to build word-of-mouth for new books, and the important role that libraries play in creating audiences for all kinds of authors.

The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 327 billion archived web pages. The site provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.