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Money Smart Week @ Your Library
Money Smart Week®
is April 20-27, 2013.
This is an initiative to promote
personal financial literacy.
The program was created by the
Federal Reserve Bank in 2002.
This is the 2nd year the American
Library Association is partnering
with the Federal Reserve Bank to
work with libraries to promote this
initiative.
Libraries can register at ALA's
Money Smart Week web site to be
included in the intiative for 2013.
Promotional materials and resources
are available from the ALA Money
Smart site. Click
here to link to a powerpoint
presentation from ALA.
Resources for
Money Smart Week programming
Money Smart Week @ Your Library
comprehensive
list of resources and programming
by category (i.e. Basic
banking, Credit & Debit management,
Estate Planning, Savings, Identity
Theft, Investing, Kids and Money,
Retirement planning, Teens and
Money, and many others).
Listing of
organizations and resources
compiled by Connecticut State
Library staff.
For
those interested in children's
programming, ALA’s Association
for Library Services to Children (ALSC)
is a supporter of the ‘Money
as You Grow’ website which
has age-appropriate financial
lessons and activities for each age
group.
Programming Ideas from Connecticut
Libraries
Click
here for financial
programming ideas and to see
what programs have been planned
by Connecticut libraries for
Money Smart Week.
Other Resources
ALSC
has created a recommended list
of
books for libraries for the
Money as You Grow
program.
Using
social media as part of
Money Smart Week. This is
an archive of a webinar
conducted by the Chicago Federal
Reserve.
Connecticut Money Smart Week
discussion list.
National Money Smart Week
discussion list.
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