At head of title: ALA Public Programs Office. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part II. Financial Literacy Education in Libraries: Best Practices for Service. Supporting Patrons in Financial Decision-Making / J. Sandy Hutchins -- Part III. Gaps and Barriers in the Popular Personal Finance Literature / Ash E. Faulkner ; Financial Literacy Partners in the Community: Business Community Connections / Barbara A. Alvarez -- Part II. The Programs. Art Shop: Igniting Family Financial Conversations / Cecily Ponce de Leon ; Money Smart Week at Your Tribal Library / Anne Heidemann ; Family Sleepover at the Library: Dollars and Sense Edition / Susan Claus ; Play and Learn Career Center / Susan Claus ; Money Smart Week: Financial Literacy Storytime / Angiah Davis ; Paint a Piggy Bank / Claire Tidwell ; You Have Expensive Taste / Leslie Swope ; Envisioning Your Future Self Poster Project / Meg King-Sloan ; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Student Debt / Katie Moellering ; Planning for Life after High School / Meg King-Sloan ; Financial Literacy for New Americans / Andrea Fisher ; Money Smart Week at a Community College / Priscilla Dickerson ; Financial Literacy Fair / Curt Friehs ; Smart Cookie Credit / Emily Mross ; Small Business, Big Ideas / J. Sandy Hutchins ; Starting Over / J. Sandy Hutchins -- Part III. Financial Literacy Education in Libraries: Guidelines and Best Practices for Service. Earning Guideline ; Borrowing and Credit Guideline ; Saving and Investing Guideline ; Spending Guideline ; Protecting against Risk Guideline ; Financial Literacy Education in Libraries: Best Practices for Service.
Summary:
"This book provides you with guidelines for financial literacy education in libraries"-- Provided by publisher. Financial literacy is vital to a person's success and well-being-- at all stages of life. A basic understanding of finance can help people out of dire financial situations, and help keep them from being defrauded. Library programming can help empower underserved Americans by educating them to financial decision making and planning. This book pulls together resources and expertise, as well as model programs, from several sources that will help your library get started with financial literacy programming. -- adapted from Preface.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.