EBSCOed Expands LER.me into a Free, Open-Access LER Talent Marketplace

~ An Open, Collaborative Skills Platform for Workforce Development, Connecting Employers,
Educators, Agencies and Learners Nationwide ~

IPSWICH, Mass., April 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- EBSCOed, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), today announced the expansion of LER.me into a free, open-access Learning and Employment Record (LER) talent marketplace. LER.me supports states, workforce agencies, educational institutions, employers, and individuals looking to benefit from education-to-workforce alignment strategies, policies and funding.

LER.me is built on open standards such as open badges and comprehensive learner records, and aligned with the Department of Education's definition of full-scale talent marketplaces. The platform integrates industry-aligned data definitions and sources such as onetonline.org, bls.gov, academic catalogs, programs of study, and durable skills frameworks. Grounded in a philosophy of shared infrastructure, LER.me is designed to scale through contribution and partnership, providing every stakeholder in the workforce ecosystem with a foundational platform that is scalable, sustainable, and repeatable.

EBSCOed President Kristin Delwo says, "We built LER.me as a shared and foundational infrastructure for the workforce ecosystem. The technology exists, the policies are in place, and the economic case for LER talent marketplaces is overwhelming. Our job, via LER.me, is to unleash the possibilities and opportunities to everyone who uses it and contributes to it."

EBSCO's mission is to transform lives by providing reliable, relevant information when, where, and how people need it. EBSCO brings more than four decades of trusted relationships across education, libraries, and workforce development, alongside the technological capabilities and innovations to operate a national-scale platform. Through LER.me, EBSCOed is empowering individuals, educators, employers, and states with the information and technology that unified talent marketplaces have been envisioned to address.

The LER.me platform's core capabilities are:

• Open-Access LER Wallet: Free for every individual — a portable, privacy-first credential wallet with lifelong ownership, control, and personalized learning, job and career recommendations.
• Free Credential Issuance: No-cost validated skill, credential, and experience issuance capabilities with direct delivery to learner wallets.
  • Affordable, automated bulk issuance services are also available.
• Open Employer Marketplace: Free job posting and skills-based talent discovery for employers of all sizes.
• Public Workforce Intelligence: Shared labor market dashboards and credential supply/demand analytics for states and agencies.
• Contributor Frameworks: Embedded crosswalks enabling employers, institutions, and agencies to demonstrate education-to-job alignment and program eligibility.

LER.me is live and free at www.LER.me. EBSCOed is actively seeking states, institutions, employers, workforce agencies, and technology integrators who share the conviction that a skills-first talent marketplace should be unified, streamlined, and user-centric.

Stay tuned as LER.me continues to advance open, shared linked data infrastructure, one meaningful partnership at a time.

About EBSCOed

EBSCOed expands the reach of EBSCO's solutions beyond libraries, supporting the needs of government agencies, education & training providers, employers, students, and job seekers by bridging the gaps that exist today between workforce & education and between opportunity & prosperity. EBSCOed accomplishes that goal by offering best in class LER talent marketplace solutions to create the workflow and technical infrastructure of a more connected ecosystem allowing for better decision making, increased opportunities and streamlining workflows. For more information, visit at www.ebscoed.com, and follow EBSCOed on LinkedIn for quick insights.

About EBSCO Information Services

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is a leading provider of online research content and search technologies serving academic, school and public libraries; healthcare and medical institutions; corporations; and government agencies around the world. From research, acquisition management, subscription services and discovery to clinical decision support and patient care, learning, and research and development, EBSCO provides institutions with access to content and resources to serve the information and workflow needs of their users and organizations. For more information, visit the EBSCO website. Visit our blog at EBSCOpost or follow us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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