Link to May 26 Green Bay Press Gazette article, "Libraries take on new roles, proctor exams".Excerpt: It is no longer the public library your parents used.
As part of a vision to become major community centers, today's libraries are taking a greater role in helping people take college or employment tests.
It's called proctoring, when a library employee oversees the testing process then mails the results to the college or business.
"We're happy to provide that," said Brown County Library Director Lynn Stainbrook. "It's our part in the economy to help people get back on their feet."
The increase in unemployment and online college programs has more people taking work aptitude tests or college exams. Stainbrook said the need for proctoring has increased from about once a month to two or three times a week at the Brown County Central Library in downtown Green Bay, and more at the library branches.
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