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Smart Investing: Partnering to Promote Financial Literacy - The Orange County Library System Experience

Smart Investing: Partnering to Promote Financial Literacy - The Orange County Library System Experience

Paolo Melillo, J. Clay Singleton, Robert K. Prescott, Susan Bach
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781613503874|ISBN10: 1613503873|EISBN13: 9781613503881
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-387-4.ch008
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Melillo, Paolo, et al. "Smart Investing: Partnering to Promote Financial Literacy - The Orange County Library System Experience." Partnerships and Collaborations in Public Library Communities: Resources and Solutions, edited by Karen Ellis, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 95-110. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-387-4.ch008

APA

Melillo, P., Singleton, J. C., Prescott, R. K., & Bach, S. (2012). Smart Investing: Partnering to Promote Financial Literacy - The Orange County Library System Experience. In K. Ellis (Ed.), Partnerships and Collaborations in Public Library Communities: Resources and Solutions (pp. 95-110). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-387-4.ch008

Chicago

Melillo, Paolo, et al. "Smart Investing: Partnering to Promote Financial Literacy - The Orange County Library System Experience." In Partnerships and Collaborations in Public Library Communities: Resources and Solutions, edited by Karen Ellis, 95-110. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-387-4.ch008

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Abstract

This chapter describes the Orange County Library System’s financial literacy workshops and highlights the partnerships that made them a success. While the library system received a grant that helped get the project started, its partners brought expertise and a connection with the target audience that the library alone could not have provided. This project illustrates how community partnerships are a mutually beneficial way for public libraries to establish themselves as a resource for unbiased and reliable information. In addition to the describing the partnerships, this chapter will also focus on the ingredients believed to be the keys to success. The authors hope the experience can serve as a motivator and template for public libraries everywhere wanting to further establish themselves as information resources with community partnership assistance.

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