[Scla-list] FW: ALA Chapters and Money Smart Week

[Ray Turner]

For those of you who might be interested.

Sincerely,
"Ray"
Rayburne J.  Turner
SCLA President
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From: Michael Dowling [mdowling at ala.org]
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 1:46 PM
To: ALACRO-L
Subject: [alacro-l] ALA Chapters and Money Smart Week


To Chapters:

Following up on a program that was presented at the Wisconsin Library Association conference last fall we have been in contact with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago about partnering to take the successful regional Money Smart Week program national, with libraries as a major component.

Here is the  Fed page on Money Smart http://www.chicagofed.org/webpages/education/msw/index.cfm

The program promotes financial literacy, and many libraries in the Midwest have participated in the program.

The proposed week next year is April 3-9 for all (expect Wisconsin and Indiana which run in October).

There will be a program on Monday at Annual on Money Smart Week, info below) that I encourage you to attend if you are at Annual

This programs offers the potential for ALA and the Chapters to partner with financial organizations and institutions on a critical education campaign for all.

 Michael

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Money Smart Week: Promoting Financial Literacy in Your Library

Monday, June 28, from 10:30 to Noon, Washington Convention Center, Room 152A

All libraries need to provide financial education programming these days. Learn how libraries in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana are partners and participants in Money Smart Week, through the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. This program will be going national next year. Come hear about how the program works, the great resources provided by the Federal Reserve, and the new partnerships developed by libraries with financial institutions and government agencies in their community. Speakers: Alejo Torres, Money Smart Week<http://www.chicagofed.org/webpages/education/msw/index.cfm> Coordinator, Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago; Lori Burgess, Reference Librarian, Fond du Lac Public Library, WI; Bobbie Rudnick, Business Librarian, Naperville Public Library.

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Michael Dowling
Director
International and Chapter Relations Offices
American Library Association
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Chicago, IL, USA
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