The Chapel Hill Public Library will launch a new service Thursday to help local students with a library card get the extra help they need.
Tutor.com — a national service that offers one-on-one tutoring through the Internet with a real person — will be free to anyone in Chapel Hill with a library card.
Meeghan Rosen, head of technical services at the Chapel Hill Public Library, said the library received a $10,000 grant from the Love Trust fund through the Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation.
The grant covers one year of service with Tutor.com.
Rosen said the tutoring will be primarily for K-12 students.
“In Chapel Hill there are a lot of kids whose parents can afford tutors,” said Melissa Cain, executive director of the Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation.
“But there’s also a lot of kids whose parents can’t afford tutors … it’s leveling the playing field really.”
But Rosen said college students and adults can also benefit, as the services include resume building and job interview practice.
She said the library has been reaching out to local school and after-school programs to make sure they are aware of the new service.