An anonymous reader quotes ZDNet: Microsoft bought LinkedIn in 2016, a year after LinkedIn had purchased online learning portal Lynda.com. This year, 2019, Microsoft is moving all Lynda.com customers to LinkedIn Learning… As students and faculty return to school, many are just discovering now that their colleges, universities and libraries are undertaking this move. But not everyone’s onboard. Specifically, some libraries are up in arms over a new requirement for library patrons to create a LinkedIn profile in order to access the LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com service… The American Library Association said earlier this summer that it believed the requirement of a LinkedIn profile “would significantly impair library users’ privacy rights.” Library users were able to log into Lynda.com using a library card and a PIN with no other personal information required. Microsoft isn’t backing down, as this LinkedIn Learning blog post from June, entitled “Our Commitment to Libraries,” makes clear…. In addition to citing authentication reasons for the LinkedIn profile requirement, Microsoft also is pitching the creation of a LinkedIn profile as a way to get better curated, customized content. Microsoft also is looking to LinkedIn Learning as a way to potentially upsell users to LinkedIn’s Premium Career features, such as InMail, access to who’s viewed their profiles and “competitive insights on other job applicants,” as this Frequently Asked Questions document about the Lynda.com to LinkedIn Learning migration indicates.
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