Notice Regarding Job Skills and Test Preparation Content on Badgerlink
From the Badgerlink Bulletin (Feb. 2024)
This past August, information was shared about the updated BadgerLink Procurement Collections, however some of the finer details may have been missed in that article. To ensure the greatest transparency possible, the Library Services Team at the Department of Public Instruction wants to give the library community notice that we intend to no longer procure a collection area specifically for Job Skills and Test Preparation. LearningExpress Library is currently the product making up this collection area. Therefore, it is likely libraries will no longer have access to this resource effective July 1, 2024, unless libraries choose to subscribe individually.
This was a surprise to me when I went to look up test prep info for one of our newly graduated nurses. I was used to pointing them to Learning Express on Badgerlink for their RN-NCLEX test preparation. But since this is no longer an option, what are the rest of you doing / using?
Our collection development policy excludes test prep materials in print because they are so often stolen, lost, or otherwise abused.
It doesn't look like our area public libraries have picked this up on their own.
Do the nursing schools and technical colleges provide NCLEX study materials?
Check with your nursing school as graduates may still have access to library resources (including test prep. content) for a period after graduation. And they would be invested in seeing their students pass any career entry tests like NCLEX or state boards.
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