The library's role in supporting financial literacy for patrons / / edited by Carol Smallwood

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798219803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-4422-6593-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 025.5/2
• Soggetti: Reference services (Libraries); Finance, Personal - Study and teaching; Financial literacy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Overview of Financial Literacy; 1 Academic Libraries and Financial Literacy Programs; 2 Developing Services Based on Community Needs; 3 Financial Literacy in Libraries; 4 Financial Literacy Is a Lifetime Skill; 5 Financial Literacy; 6 Information Has Value; 7 Library Employee Education Programs; 8 Myths and Realities of Consumer Credit; 9 The Public Library as Financial Literacy Promoter and Provider; 10 What Is Financial Literacy and Why Should We Care?; 11 Why Financial Literacy Matters; Part Two: Library Resources; 12 Asking for Help; 13 Best Practices to Implement Financial Literacy in a Large Public Library14 Career Information Literacy at the Academic Reference Desk; 15 Developing a Personal Finance Collection for a Public Library; 16 Financial Literacy Collection Development; 17 "How to Present Your Best Self" Workshops; 18 Supporting Financial Literacy for Homebuyers; 19 Teaching Career Information Literacy in the Academic Library; 20 Quick Tip Guides on Student Financial Aid; 21 United States Government Resources on Financial Literacy; Part Three: Case Studies; 22 Case Study of Financial Literacy Instruction in the Library23 Collaboration Fits the Bill for Best Practices in Programming for Public Housing Residents; 24 Fraud Alert; 25 Getting the Patron to Yes; 26 Marketing Planning for Library-Based Financial Education Programs; 27 ; MoneyFitness; 28 Money Smart Week Activities for Any Library; 29 Presenting Financial Literacy in Conferences to Public Librarians; 30 Start Here @ the San Diego Public Library; 31 Volunteer Tax Assistance in Libraries; Index; About the Editor and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. 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.