LearningExpress Adds Center to Help Students Develop Skills Essential for College and Career Success

~ PrepSTEP™ College Success Skills Center Helps Build Foundational Skills ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — September 13, 2016 — Students need to have the skills to be effective learners and team members in order to be successful in school and in the workplace. LearningExpress, an EBSCO Company, helps students develop the non-academic skills and habits that are essential for college and career success with the newly added College Success Skills Center in PrepSTEP™.

College Success Skills Center provides self-directed study that serves all students and can be a particularly valuable asset to student support services and first-year experience programs. The center helps build essential skills that many students do not possess when they enter college, such as time management, goal setting, organization and multitasking.

The center includes training for classroom and research skills, such as information literacy, citing work and avoiding plagiarism, and offers skills equally important in the workplace, including note-taking, reading strategies and effective listening. It also teaches students how to communicate with professors and take advantage of campus resources. The ability to work with others and effectively communicate are two of the top five skills that employers seek, so building these skills are critical.

LearningExpress General Manager and Chief Operating Officer Kheil McIntyre says the new center will become a key online resource for students and colleges. “Up to 50 percent of students enter college unprepared for college-level work, and remedial courses alone have not been successful in retaining students through graduation. College Success Skills Center helps students learn better, stay engaged to complete their program, and develop life-long skills that promote success in school and beyond.”

The center is the latest addition to PrepSTEP, a unique collection of academic and career-related resources that offers skill-building in reading, writing, math, science, basic computer skills and workforce skills, as well as preparation for high-stakes exams like college admission and placement, graduate school admissions, and occupational licensing. PrepSTEP is available in 2-Year and 4-Year College Editions.

About LearningExpress
LearningExpress is an award-winning educational technology company and recognized leader in providing online academic, career, and workforce skills eLearning resources for the academic, public library, and K-12 school markets. Founded in 1995, it became an EBSCO company in April 2015 and is part of EBSCO Information Services. Visit LearningExpress at www.learningexpressllc.com.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 10,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 900,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Vice President of Communications
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebsco.com

LYRASIS Announces Partnership with CCAHA
September 13, 2016 - Philadelphia, PA and Atlanta, GA-The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), a nonprofit paper conservation facility, and LYRASIS, a member-based nonprofit organization serving libraries, archives, and museums, are proud to announce a partnership.

The collaboration aims to strengthen an alliance between complementary organizations and increase access to vital services for their constituents. Each institution will offer reciprocal workshop and webinar discounts to the other's members. The organizations will also engage in combined consulting offerings for cultural heritage organizations. In addition, LYRASIS members will receive a discount on conservation treatment services at CCAHA.

"CCAHA and LYRASIS have collaborated on many projects over the years," says Laura Hortz Stanton, Executive Director of CCAHA, "I'm thrilled that this newly-formalized partnership will allow our two nationally-renowned organizations to provide broader and more comprehensive collections management, preservation, and conservation services to our memberships." By broadening access to workshops, webinars, consulting, and conservation treatment, CCAHA and LYRASIS will continue serving cultural heritage communities.

Robert Miller, CEO of LYRASIS says, "We are excited to introduce this valuable new program to our members and users. It brings together two best-of-field nonprofit organizations committed to furthering conservation efforts of archives, libraries and museums to deliver vital services and knowledge. It's a fantastic opportunity to serve our communities and deliver solutions, training and consulting they need to preserve their unique and valuable collections into the future."
About the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is a nonprofit conservation facility specializing in the treatment of works on paper, photographs, and books through conservation and state-of-the-art digital imaging services. Founded in 1977, CCAHA serves nonprofit cultural institutions, private individuals, and other collecting organizations. CCAHA's preservation services staff present educational programs, conduct preservation assessments, and develop emergency preparedness plans. CCAHA also offers fellowships, fundraising support, and disaster assistance.
About LYRASIS
LYRASIS (www.lyrasis.org), a nonprofit membership organization, partners with member libraries, archives, and museums to create, access, and manage information, with an emphasis on digital content, while building and sustaining collaboration, enhancing operations and technology, and increasing buying power.

For more information, please contact CCAHA Manager of Marketing & Engagement Amy Heuer at 215.545.0613 and aheuer@ccaha.org, or LYRASIS Licensed Services Coordinator Hannah Rosen at 800.999.8558 x 2918 and hannah.rosen@lyrasis.org.

PRESS RELEASE
Contact:

Meg Blum
Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
800.999.8558, ext. 2951
meg.blum@lyrasis.org