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Brainfuse HelpNow Expands to 24/7 Availability for Library Users

Brainfuse, a leading provider of online academic support, announced that its HelpNow online tutoring platform is now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for all participating library systems. The expansion ensures that library cardholders can access live online tutoring and academic support at any time, removing barriers tied to schedules, time zones, […]

Public Libraries Offer Free Tutoring via Brainfuse as Schools Cut Back Services

Parents can rely on local libraries for live, one-on-one tutoring, skill-building tools, and college prep—at no cost to them. As schools navigate budget constraints and tutoring programs are reduced, families are seeking reliable academic support for their students. With report cards approaching and college prep deadlines looming, many parents are looking for alternative solutions to […]

School Districts Face Growing Tutoring Shortages as Major Provider Closes, Funding Ends

As school districts nationwide grapple with the abrupt closure of a major tutoring provider and the expiration of ESSER funding, educators are racing to find long-term academic support solutions for students. The recent shutdown of FEV Tutors, one of the providers that served districts during the pandemic, has left many schools in a sudden lurch, […]

Teaching Students to Use AI Responsibly: A New Service From Brainfuse HelpNow

With the introduction of ChatGPT and other large language models, schools have become increasingly concerned about students’ over-reliance on AI tools. To help address this growing concern, Brainfuse HelpNow for public libraries is proud to announce the launch of its newest service: AI Academic Integrity Tutoring. This first-of-its-kind offering connects learners with experienced online tutors who […]

Setting the Standard: Brainfuse Earns Platinum in the 2025 MLAs for the 10th Year

Brainfuse, a leading provider of online tutoring and learning services, is thrilled to announce that its flagship product, HelpNow Virtual Learning System, has been honored with a Platinum Award in LibraryWorks’ annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs). This prestigious recognition marks the tenth consecutive year that Brainfuse has earned Platinum distinction, underscoring its continued commitment to innovation […]

Free Online Tutoring Available Through Sonoma County Library | KSRO

  Free online tutoring is now available to all Sonoma County residents. Through the Sonoma County Library, 24/7 online tutoring and homework help is available for every K-12 subject with HelpNow by Brainfuse. It offers assistance with math, science, language arts and other core K-12 subjects in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Tagalog. There’s […]

Use Brainfuse for Lifelong Learning – Chicago Public Library

On a quest to learn new skills? Chicago Public Library users have access to Brainfuse: Job Seekers and Adult Learners, an online resource that can help you achieve your learning goals. Prepare for high school equivalency or US citizenship tests, learn Microsoft Office and more. Use you CPL card to set up an account to access live one-on-one academic coaching and practice […]

COLUMN: Some new ways to use your library card | News | enidnews.com

New year, new ways to use your library card! Did you know that a free Enid Public Library card can help you get 24/7 online book recommendations, anytime genealogy searches, and access to daily Oklahoma news sources? Ring in the new year with these four online resources at EPL! Book recommendations & book lists Lately, […]

Contra Costa County Library program provides 24/7 online tutoring service

Contra Costa County Library is encouraging patrons to take advantage of its live online tutoring service that is now available 24/7. Brainfuse HelpNow offers access to math, reading and writing tutors who are fluent in English and Spanish are available at any time.  Live tutors fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog are available from 10 […]

California State Library Provides Free Online Tutoring to All Californians

California State Library provides live, 24/7 online tutoring and homework help in every K-12 subject In a major step to provide all Californians with access to equitable learning opportunities, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that every Californian can now receive live, 24/7 online tutoring and homework help in every K-12 subject with Brainfuse HelpNow. Brainfuse has provided […]

Governor Newsom Announces Free Online Tutoring Available to All Californians

Statewide pilot led by State Library provides live, 24/7 online tutoring and homework help in every K-12 subject  Grant funding is part of California’s largest-ever investment in public libraries SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that every Californian can now access free online tutoring available 24/7 through a new initiative offering homework help in every K-12 subject and […]

Elize Aunahn Memorial Brainfuse Scholarship 2022 Winners

The Elize Aunahn Memorial Brainfuse Scholarship is a highly selective scholarship for outstanding students from low-income households.  Scholarship awards are issued to high school juniors and seniors seeking to attend technical training programs, community colleges, or four-year bachelor’s programs.  Scholarship funds are disbursed directly to the institutions to be attended by recipients. Elize Aunahn, Vice […]

Lincoln County Public Library announces scholarship winners

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by MICHELLE T. BERNARD Senior Staff Writer LINCOLNTON – Late last year, the Lincoln County Public Library launched an extraordinarily helpful tool for library patrons. Brainfuse offers access to an online tutor, a writing lab, special games to teach skills, a language lab, or the ability to ask questions and receive expert replies. What made […]

At the Library: Child or adult, Brainfuse tutoring service is a lifeline

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Francisco Garcia-Ortiz Special to the Yakima Herald-Republic At Yakima Valley Libraries, we firmly believe that learning never stops, which is why we are continuously looking for new and innovative resources for our patrons. One of the newest offerings is a free, online tutoring service for all levels of learning, children and adults alike. This service […]

Digital tutoring and so much more: Library offers Brainfuse to patrons

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MICHELLE T. BERNARD Senior Staff Writer LINCOLNTON – Imagine having access to an online tutor, a writing lab, special games to teach skills, a language lab, or the ability to ask questions and receive expert replies. Interested in learning how to play chess? Check. Studying for your GED? Looking for a job and need resume […]

Free homework, career help available through Iowa libraries | The Gazette

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Need help writing a resume or preparing for a job interview? Filing for unemployment or getting help with homework.? That help is available — for free — through Iowa’s public libraries. All it takes is a library card — the cards are free — to gain access to HelpNow and VetNow by Brainfuse. The […]

One-to-One Online Tutoring for all New Jersey Residents Via the Library

  Before his passing, Robert Slavin, a renowned education researcher at Johns Hopkins University, argued that tutoring would be an effective strategy to help students catch up with grade-level expectations due to COVID-19 closures. However, private tutoring can be difficult to obtain and expensive for most families. This isn’t the case for residents of New […]

Brainfuse LIVE Tutoring Help for Students | Lee Memorial Library

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Connect with a professional tutor – a real live human – for one-on-one, on- demand help with school work, writing a paper, preparing for a test, practicing skills, math problems, advanced placement, college entrance, and graduate level exams, finding a job, and so much more. All with your Lee Memorial Library card! Here’s how it […]

Library Funding: ARPA in Action

The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief legislation passed by Congress in March contains a significant amount of money for libraries to help their communities. In response, many companies are highlighting products that can be purchased with recovery funding. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) includes $200 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), […]

Elize Aunahn Memorial Brainfuse Scholarship 2021 Winners

Elize Aunahn, Vice President of Operations and Academics with Brainfuse for approximately twenty years, passed away on June 16, 2020. To honor her legacy and commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for deserving students, Brainfuse has established a scholarship fund in her name.

Library card holders at all Martha’s Vineyard libraries now have access to Brainfuse!

Brainfuse is an online tutoring service offering individual academic assistance in core subjects, a 24/7 writing lab, practice tests for skill-building, and more. Visit Brainfuse HelpNow to create a username and password. The main features include: Live online tutoring available every day from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST Homework help with live tutors in math, science, reading/writing, social […]

Brainfuse HelpNow | Ames Free Library

Offers on-demand, personalized homework help for all levels in core subjects (math, reading, writing, science, and social studies) including SAT preparation. Students communicate with live, online tutors using an interactive, virtual whiteboard to chat, write, draw, copy/paste text or images, and graph homework problems. HelpNow also offers skills building and test preparation where after taking […]

Libraries are integral part of US communities

Libraries across the country are making a difference in people’s lives by providing electronic learning resources like online homework help and WiFi access for students and workers who may lack internet access at home. DCDL introduced our Student Learning Resources website and Brainfuse online tutoring center last year, as well as expanded our wireless signal reaches into our parking lots and beyond for local devices to connect to high-speed internet for free.

New Richmond Library resource helps with homework, resume and more

By Kathy Chouteau Homework help, paper feedback and resume assistance are at community members’ fingertips thanks to Brainfuse, a new on-demand eLearning resource launched by the Richmond Public Library for people of all ages. As part of the Brainfuse offering, “HelpNow” gives students with a Richmond Public Library card live access for homework help. According […]

Hasbrouck Heights Library to Begin Offering Tutoring for Students

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The Free Public Library of Hasbrouck Heights will begin offering tutoring services and remote assist for guests, it was announced at the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday night. Brainfuse is an online tutoring service that offers a numbers of enhanced features. According to Mimi Hui, Director of the Hasbrouck Heights Library, some […]

Chess can help with analytic, strategic thinking

Chess has become a very popular pastime during the pandemic and interest has exploded with the debut of “The Queen’s Gambit” – a popular Netflix mini-series adaptation of Walter Tevis’ novel. The show tells the story of an orphan girl in Kentucky in the 1950s who discovers the game of chess and becomes a prodigy […]

Students can receive free tutoring through the Rochester Public Library

Posted: Jan 25, 2021 9:56 AM Posted By: Madelyne Watkins ROCHESTER, Minn. – If you or your children need some help with school work right now, the Rochester Public Library can help! All you need is a library card. Through a new program called Brainfuse, you can get free, live tutoring any day of the […]

Get Access to Live Tutors With Brainfuse & the Clark Public Library

By MEGAN KOCIOLEK January 25, 2021 at 8:01 PM Clark Public Library is pleased to announce the launch of Brainfuse – on demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning for all ages and levels.  Students communicate with live tutors using an interactive whiteboard to chat, write, draw, copy/paste text or images and graph homework problems. HelpNow™ will be available to […]

Oak Park Public Library Offering Live Virtual Chess Tutoring

Expert chess tutors are now available Monday through Thursday. With the explosion of interest in chess fueled by Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit last fall, library resource BrainFuse HelpNow has responded by offering live chess tutoring with expert coaches. Expert chess tutors are available Monday through Thursday from 3 to 9 pm CT. Tutors have certifiable qualifications such as […]

Linden Public Library Offers Live Tutoring through Brainfuse

By AEISHA N. HAYWARD January 21, 2021 at 11:19 PM LINDEN, NJ – The Linden Public Library announced that it will now offer live tutoring sessions for Library cardholders through the electronic resource Brainfuse. Brainfuse HelpNow is a real-time eLearning and tutoring service for all ages and levels.  Its platform provides patrons the ability to access real-time assistance through online classrooms. Some features […]

Watertown Library launches free on-demand tutoring

Brainfuse HelpNow, a digital platform offering on-demand learning support for all ages and levels, is now available to Watertown residents through the Watertown Free Public Library. “We want to help people get through this strange and difficult time, and we know that remote learning and working is a real struggle for a lot of people,” […]

NEW! Brainfuse Support for Learners, Job Seekers, & Veterans!

by Aplprograms  Looking for support for at home learning? Have a student who needs additional tutoring support? The APL recognizes 2020 has presented unique challenges to learners of all kinds and has found a way to help! We now offer Brainfuse HelpNow, free with your Attleboro Library and Attleboro High School library card! Brainfuse HelpNow is a “on-demand, anywhere […]

Westborough Library offers live tutoring through Brainfuse

The Westborough Public Library offers live tutoring sessions through the electronic resource Brainfuse. Patrons access real-time assistance through Brainfuse online classroom. Brainfuse tutors are trained to not provide answers, but to help students master a problem’s underlying academic concepts. Brainfuse also offers tutoring and homework help services in Spanish for all subjects offered in English. […]

Smyth Library Offers “Brainfuse HelpNow” Program

Smyth Library has begun offering on-demand, anywhere online tutoring for all learners. The program Brainfuse HelpNow™ provides differentiated learning solutions for users of diverse needs and backgrounds.  Students communicate with live tutors using an interactive whiteboard to chat, write, draw, copy/paste text or images and graph homework problems. HelpNow™ will be available to all library patrons from […]

Bucks County Free Library-Learn A New Language With Brainfuse HelpNow

Make learning easy with Brainfuse HelpNow, a free library eResource that offers an online Language Lab to help you in your studies. Press Release Desk, News Partner Posted Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 9:38 pm ET Trying to learn a new language at home or through school? Make learning easy with Brainfuse HelpNow, a free library eResource that offers […]

Brainfuse Is Here!

We are excited to have Brainfuse, an on-demand, anytime, anywhere, eLearning proram, as the latest addition to our online learning services. Brainfuse offers BCLS cardholders of all ages and levels free access to live, online tutoring, career help, and other skill-building resources. Live and Asynchronous Tutoring Brainfuse offers real-time help from thousands of certified tutors across the country. Its HelpNow […]

Keene Public Library Now Offers Brainfuse’s HelpNow and JobNow

The Keene Public Library now offers Brainfuse – on-demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning and job coaching for all ages and levels. Brainfuse is available to library cardholders from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. every day. HelpNow™ provides differentiated learning solutions for users of diverse needs and background. Students communicate with live tutors using an interactive whiteboard to chat, […]

Everett Public Libraries provide service updates

By MICHAEL WHITNEY Published December 23, 2020 You can’t browse the local library shelves inside yet, but the library system is trying to serve the public’s interests in every other way possible. Everett Public Libraries are doing curbside service so people can pick up books, as well as stocking up the system’s “e-libraries” so people […]

Monroe libraries offer free tutoring

Published December 15. 2020 11:11AM BY AMY LEAP [email protected] Since early this fall the Western Pocono Community Library, along with all other Monroe libraries, has partnered with Brainfuse, an online education company that offers free live help from more than 4,000 tutors who are available from 2 to 10 p.m. seven days a week. “The […]

Frederick County Public Libraries continue services through pandemic

By Hannah Himes [email protected] Dec 14, 2020 Ten months into a global pandemic, local libraries are continuing to serve the community while adapting to constantly evolving needs and circumstances. All nine branches of Frederick County Public Libraries are in a tiered reopening, meaning that visitors cannot go inside the library, but curbside pickup, virtual programs […]

Houston Public Library: Lift Off to Learning

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At the Beloit Public Library

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Think back to the idyllic summers of your youth. Or, if you are currently a kid, think about last summer, because, well, 2020 is having some issues. Now, think about the things you did that made those days so perfect. Was it playing basketball in the park with your friends? Was it jumping in the […]

Thank you for being a Friend

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Ashlee Kunkel, MLIS Library Director/Teen Librarian The last five months have been tough, but I don’t have to tell that to anyone. The other day, I was looking at past posts on the library’s Instagram page, and came across one from March that said we were closing for just two weeks. Two weeks turned […]

Libraries offer access to online tutoring

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Students in grades K-12 and adult learners can get online help with math, reading, writing, science and social studies at Rock County libraries. The county’s seven libraries, including Hedberg Public Library, are partnering with Brainfuse, an online tutoring provider that serves libraries, school districts and colleges and universities nationwide. Brainfuse tutoring is available to anyone […]

World Book’s Elearning Portfolio Inspires Educators, Parents And Students To Reimagine Learning

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CHICAGO, Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — World Book, Inc., (www.worldbook.com) a leading publisher of digital learning solutions, nonfiction children’s book series, and core reference, today announced the latest series of enhancements to World Book’s digital portfolio to support classroom and distance learning needs. World Book’s President Geoff Broderick said, “The educational landscape has certainly changed. The new normal is forcing […]

Free Homework Help Online Through Monterey Public Library

Posted on August 18th, 2020 by Old Monterey District Another school year is starting for many Monterey elementary, middle, and high school students, and Monterey Public Library wants to help. Library cardholders can access free, live tutor assistance in English and Spanish from Brainfuse – Homework HelpNow operating daily, 3pm-10pm. Interact with live tutors in math, science, […]

Where to Find Free Tutoring Help for Your Student

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Distance learning will bring new challenges to students who may have already been struggling in certain subjects By Susan Hogan and Meredith Royster What to Know Many parents are concerned virtual learning will create educational inequality among students Some families are forming “learning pods” and hiring educators to teach their small groups of children There are free […]

LA County libraries shuttered by coronavirus still offering digital books, movies, online tutoring

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Los Angeles county’s 86 libraries are closed until the end of the month due to the novel coronavirus, but the system’s digital offerings, such as e-books, movies, magazines and online tutoring, are still available. County residents, whether they already have a library card, will be able to sign up for 90-day digital card at http://LACountyLibrary.org/library-cards […]

Use the library’s online materials

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] So much to explore at home or at the City’s public WiFi locations 24/7, the Library’s digital materials are here for you! Many of these items are available online or through free apps. All use your Round Rock Public Library card as your login. Find explanations and video walk-throughs on our eBooks and eAudiobooks page. […]

Brainfuse is here to help

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hello from the Brainfuse Team, We hope that you and your families stay safe during this challenging period. As an increasing number of our clients close, move to online classes, and seek to support their students’ remote learning, there has been heightened reliance on our tutoring services and distance learning platform. Despite this sharp increase […]

Avoid the Summer Slide with Brainfuse

Give your students an edge when school starts this fall!   by Anne Arundel County Public Library Give your students an edge when school starts this fall! You already use Brainfuse during the school year to chat with subject-specialist tutors who can help with those tricky homework concepts, but now they offer an online Summer Skills […]

Back to School with Brainfuse

Now that patrons have been back to school for at least a week homework and research questions will start to appear! What better time to think about promoting Brainfuse than right now.   by Derek Ivie Now that patrons have been back to school for at least a week homework and research questions will start to appear! […]

Brainfuse is for Kids Too

by Jill, San Rafael Public Library One of our newest resources,Brainfuse is packed with many useful tools for adult learners and job seekers, but that’s not all. It is also an incredible resource for students of all ages. Students from elementary to high school can get live help from a tutor in any subject, take […]