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By the Numbers: Money Smart Week

By Alison Marcotte | March 1, 2019

1,000 Approximate number of libraries that participated in Money Smart Week activities in 2018. This year it will be observed March 30–April 6 and will include thousands of free programs and events across the country to help educate consumers on how to better manage their personal finances. 141,740 Number of people who attended Money Smart … Continue reading By the Numbers: Money Smart Week →

Dewey Decibel Podcast: Money Talk

April 9, 2018

First, American Libraries Associate Editor and Dewey Decibel host Phil Morehart talks with Lori Burgess, director of operations at Fond du Lac (Wis.) Public Library and the recipient of a 2012 Wisconsin Financial Literacy Award, about her library’s programs and why financial literacy education is important. Next, Morehart speaks with Heather McCue, a children’s librarian … Continue reading Dewey Decibel Podcast: Money Talk →

Naomi Lederer, professor and college liaison librarian at Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries, shares CSU's Money Smart Week activities with Michael Dowling, director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Chapter Relations Office.

Teaching Patrons Dollars and Sense

By Terra Dankowski | February 12, 2018

“Why libraries? This is what we do,” said Michael Dowling, director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Chapter Relations Office. “We’re an objective space,” he said, noting that libraries offer the accessibility, confidentiality, safety, and educational resources conducive to promoting financial literacy. Dowling was joined by Naomi Lederer, professor and college liaison librarian at Colorado … Continue reading Teaching Patrons Dollars and Sense →

Between 1993–2012, average student debt rose from $9,450 to $29,400. Additionally, the number of seniors graduating with loans has increased from 47% to 71%.

In College, Time Is Money

By David L. Eisler and Scott Garrison | April 2, 2015

According to the Institute for College Access and Success, from 1993 to 2012, average student debt rose from $9,450 to $29,400. Additionally, the number of seniors graduating with loans has increased from 47% to 71%. Data for heads of households under 40 years of age shows that student debt results in higher levels of credit … Continue reading In College, Time Is Money →

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This year’s ASGCLA/Keystone Library Automation System/National Organization on Disability Award goes to Moline (Ill.) Public Library/ARTability for its efforts to expand and enhance art-related programming for people with disabilities in its community and their advocacy and passion in providing equal access to library programs and services through ARTability and Beyond. Working with Blackhawk Area Education Center serving 14 local school districts, the library created ARTability, offering 13 uniquely tailored art and music programs for BAEC students.

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New research published in AASL’s peer-reviewed online journal School Library Research analyzes the use of school libraries by students who receive free school meals. The research team’s findings are detailed in their article “Exploring the Literacy-Related Behaviors and Feelings of Pupils Eligible for Free School Meals in Relation to Their Use of and Access to School Libraries.” Findings indicated effective school libraries can be a significant resource in supporting engagement with self-motivated literacy practices in children from low-income families.

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Registration for the 2020 ALSC Virtual Institute, “Dive In: Engage, Amplify, Activate,” is now open. This year’s Virtual Institute will convene October 2-3, in lieu of the originally planned in-person event in Minneapolis. Registration for this year’s Institute will be $50 for ALSC members and $75 for nonmembers. General session panels will include authors Minh Lê, Carole Lindstrom, Bao Phi, Kao Kalia Yang, and 2020 Stonewall Children’s and Youth Adult Literature winner Kyle Lukoff, as well as illustrator Michaela Goade.

ALSC, Aug. 11
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Documentation is important to continuity and sustainability of processes in library work, but it’s an easy thing to write off as too hard or to mentally set aside for a “slow period” that never comes. Lessons from the field of technical writing can help us prioritize these important tasks. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures will present “How Do We Do That Again? Documenting Library Work,” on September 2, at 1 p.m. Central. Register at bit.ly/3igr4Yf.

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ALA has chosen Nicole Lewis, lead cataloger at J. W. Marriott Library at University of Utah, as the 2020 Tom and Roberta Drewes Scholarship recipient. The $3,000 scholarship is awarded to a library support staff worker who is pursuing an MLIS. Lewis has been working in the library field for nearly 15 years. She says she enjoys giving back to the profession through presentations and her work on committees.

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Nancy Faget, of the Army Research Laboratory, has received the 2020 ASGCLA Federal Achievement Award. She created Careers in Federal Libraries programming for library professionals. These challenging and rewarding careers afford librarians the opportunity to work around the globe in all types of libraries. Through her years serving in ALA FAFLRT (now ASGCLA), Careers in Federal Libraries events were held for over a decade at a variety of venues including the Library of Congress, library schools, and professional association conferences.

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