Money Smart Week @your library
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Money Smart Week @your library
Bobbie RudnickNaperville Public Library
Naperville, Illinois
ALA Annual Conference
Anaheim
June 24, 2012
Service Area Population: 145,000
Annual Circulation: 4.1 million
3 service facilities
#1 HAPLR Ranking 10 years
Library Journal 5-Star Ranked Library
Smart investing @your library® 2008-2010
Money Smart Week 2008 – 2012
Naperville Public Library
Promotion and publicity Financial resources, databases, tools Library staff expertise Reliable, trustworthy source of information
Libraries & Money Smart Week
Banking Avoiding Frauds & ScamsCredit & DebtEstate Planning
Healthy Habits that SaveHousing/Mortgages/Foreclosures
Avoiding Frauds & ScamsIdentity Theft
Kids & MoneyWomen & MoneyFinancial EmergenciesRetirement PlanningTaxesSavvy Shopping Unemployment
Small Business
Making Your Money Last in Retirement Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits Don’t Pay the College Sticker Price Investing in Uncertain Times Organizing Your Financial & Vital Records Dollars & Sense Reality Fair Phone Bill Clinic
Hot Topics
Nonprofit organizations Unemployment networks University Extension offices City & State Treasurers Professional associations Government agencies
Partners and Speakers
Financial Reality Fair
smartinvesting.ala.org
Media attention Positive feedback Community partnerships Connection with ALA and Federal Reserve
Bank Economic growth and recovery
Measuring Success
Use shared resources and experiences Follow current topics in personal finance Connect with your communities Develop community partners Join the financial literacy movement in
libraries!
Get Involved!
MONEYSMARTWEEKApril 21-28, 2012
Pima County Public LibraryTucson Arizona
Graduate Assistant Project – Mikel Stone Literacy for Success in Everyday Life Previous Financial Literacy Projects - Economic Downturn
Money Smart Week - PCPL
Registered with Federal Reserve Bank Set up an internal planning wiki Made Contacts Determined Programs Libraries Selected Programs Publicity Proclamation!
The Plan
Tucson Federal Credit Union Arizona Corporation Commission Credit Wise Cats – University of Arizona Southwest Fair Housing Council Coupon Lady Extraordinaire Arizona Council on Economic Education Pima County Housing Center
The Experts
Libraries could choose from: Four Children’s Programs Twelve Teen Programs Seventeen Adult Programs
The Programs Available
Storytimes with Money Theme & Craft – 2 * Coupon Club – 3 Identity Theft – 2 Savings and Duct Tape Wallets – 2 * Credit Reports & Credit Cards – 3 Loan Modifications – 1 Financial Fitness – 1 Renter’s Toolbox – 1 Pima Your Ride – done later & continuing
The Programs Presented (15)
The Proclamation!
We will definitely do it again Attendance was not as high as we had
hoped Catchy name and a craft works with teens Would like to work with other libraries in
Arizona to make it a State wide event
The End
MSW 2012 @ Ruidoso Public Library
Jennifer StubbsLibrary Assistant, MLIS
candidate @ San Jose State University
Photos, Articles
Phone book◦ Insurance agents, banks, credit unions,
investment◦ County Health, Unemployment, Co.
Extension◦ State Attorney General, funeral homes
Letter of introduction ◦ Shared suggested topics from Toolkit◦ Emphasized “no sales”
Cold Calling