A growing number of UK library services pay for LinkedIn Learning on behalf of their members. Essex Libraries, one of the first, says you can start learning for free with your Essex library card, and that you do not need a LinkedIn profile to use it.

The catalogue runs to more than 24,000 courses in business, creative and technical subjects – project management, marketing, coding, design, photography, productivity, even singing lessons – with around 60 new courses a week and certificates of completion to download.

Sign in to the LinkedIn Learning portal with your library card number and PIN (in the app you also enter your library ID, e.g. “essex-gov-uk”). Check your own council’s library website to see whether it has joined.