Free LinkedIn Learning with a public library card
LinkedIn Learning for Libraries
At a glance
- Cost: Free training
- Format: Online
- Who qualifies: Vets · Service members · Spouses
- Applications: Open
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Full details
- Cost
- Free while you hold a library card from a library that offers LinkedIn Learning. No LinkedIn account or paid subscription is needed.
- Who qualifies
- Anyone with a card from a public library system that offers LinkedIn Learning, including veterans, service members and their families. Access depends on your library system, so check with your local library.
- Format
- Self-paced online video courses on a computer or the LinkedIn Learning mobile app.
Check with your local library: Access depends on your library system. Washington example: Washington State Library LinkedIn Learning guide.
Dates and availability: Status evidence: LinkedIn's Help Center FAQ for library patrons and the Washington State Library guide (updated Oct 13, 2026) describe current card-holder access. Application window: Ongoing; no deadline. Availability limits: Access depends on your library system. Your library must offer LinkedIn Learning. Next start: Start any time.
- Credential
- Completion certificateLinkedIn Learning certificates of completion, not tied to your LinkedIn profile.
Before you decide
- What is free
- Your public library pays for LinkedIn Learning for Libraries, so the courses are free to card holders.
- Who qualifies
- Anyone with a card from a public library system that offers LinkedIn Learning, including veterans, service members and their families. Access depends on your library system, so check with your local library.
- What you get
- LinkedIn Learning's expert-led online courses, free with your public library card. You sign in with your library card number and PIN, and no LinkedIn account is needed. Example: Washington State Library gives public and Tribal library patrons statewide access to over 16,000 courses in 7 languages, plus a free State Library eCard for people without a local card.
- Credential and key limits
- LinkedIn Learning certificates of completion. When you sign in with a library card, certificates are not tied to your LinkedIn profile (Washington State Library notes they show a code instead of your name), and nothing appears on your LinkedIn profile unless you share it.
- Format
- Self-paced online video courses on a computer or the LinkedIn Learning mobile app.
- Duration
- Ongoing for as long as you hold your library card.
- Location
- Online, through your public library.
- Deadline
- Status evidence: LinkedIn's Help Center FAQ for library patrons and the Washington State Library guide (updated Oct 13, 2026) describe current card-holder access. Application window: Ongoing; no deadline. Availability limits: Access depends on your library system. Your library must offer LinkedIn Learning.
- Next start
- Start any time.
- Notes
- LinkedIn signs you out after 60 days; sign in again with your card number and PIN. If your library card number changes, your learning history does not carry over.
- Availability
- Open
- Details checked
- 2026-10-22
Application and credential details
- How to apply
- Check with your local library: look for LinkedIn Learning on its website or ask library staff.
- Open your library's LinkedIn Learning link and sign in with your library card number and PIN.
- On the LinkedIn Learning app, choose "Sign in with your library card" and enter your library's Library ID.
- In Washington: use your local library's link or the Washington State Library login; no local card? Get a free State Library eCard.
- Documents to prepare
- Your library card number and PIN.
- Application link
- Open official application page
- Credential or outcome
- LinkedIn Learning certificates of completion. When you sign in with a library card, certificates are not tied to your LinkedIn profile (Washington State Library notes they show a code instead of your name), and nothing appears on your LinkedIn profile unless you share it.
- Application details checked
- 2026-10-22
- Application review status
- Official-source review completed
- Sources for these details
- https://www.linkedin.com/help/learning/answer/a705966 — checked 2026-10-22
- https://washstatelib.libguides.com/Digital-skills-resources/Linkedin-learning — checked 2026-10-22
- Availability checked
- 2026-10-22
- Current availability
- Open
- Status evidence
- LinkedIn's Help Center FAQ for library patrons and the Washington State Library guide (updated Oct 13, 2026) describe current card-holder access.
- Application window
- Ongoing; no deadline.
- Program start
- Start any time.
- Availability limits
- Access depends on your library system. Your library must offer LinkedIn Learning.
- Timing sources