Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons

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  • ISBN 9781442265929
  • Weight: 526g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 17 May 2016
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Library Roles in Achieving Financial Literacy among its Patrons is a collection of articles from 25 librarians in different parts of the U.S. and Canada, each contributing 3,000-4,000 words: concise chapters with sidebars, bullets, and headers; there is an introduction. Contributors were selected for the creative potential in their topics, those that can be used in various types of libraries and that demonstrate a command of financial literacy and are able to communicate what they know to aiding users solve their financial information problems. The collection has three sections. The first provides an overview of financial literacy: what it means generally, what needs exist among library patrons, and what approaches have been tried to date. The second section deals with resources that are available in libraries, or should be made available. These include collections, skill sets in librarians, program opportunities and others. The third section is a series of case studies that demonstrate successes and best practices.
Carol Smallwood received a MLS from Western Michigan University, MA in History from Eastern Michigan University. Librarians as Community Partners: an Outreach Handbook; Bringing the Arts into the Library is one of her ALA anthologies. Other anthologies include: Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015); Library Youth Outreach co-ed (McFarland, 2014); Marketing Your Library (McFarland, 2012); Google for Patron Library Use (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). Her library experience includes school, public, academic, special, as well as administration, and library systems consultant. In 2019, Carol Smallwood was awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who.