Lifelong Education @ Desktop is a community service project of The University of North Texas that offers a series of online continuing education courses designed to meet an urgent need in the professional community: high-quality, Internet-delivered continuing education that is so economical you can train 100% of your staff!

LE@D offers online courses for librarians and library staff, volunteer managers, rehabilitation professionals, and business people. Thousands of staff have already taken advantage of courses like Managing Difficult Patrons with Confidence!, Providing Excellent Customer Service in a Multicultural Environment, Copyright Basics for Libraries and others.

LE@D courses are very affordable. Combined with the savings in travel and lost productivity inherent in traditional face to face training, Lifelong Education @ Desktop courses are one of the best values in continuing education available today. Providing these courses only requires a few simple steps.

Lifelong Education @ Desktop courses:

Are hosted on UNT servers using the nationally known WebCT Vista learning management system, allowing you to track and document student progress and completion;

May be taken as a group or individually;

Are developed by recognized subject matter experts;

Are the result of needs assessment surveys that gather input from a broad range of administrators, staff and supporters, in various institutional sizes and locales;

Require from one to two hours to eight weeks to complete and offer students the flexibility to work at their own pace and schedule;

Are engaging and interactive, with multimedia elements and high production values.

For a list of available courses and registration information, go to Courses on the navigation bar.