Library's
Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons
Book Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Editor: Carol Smallwood, Library Services for
Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use Rowman &
Littlefield, 2013
Chapters sought from U.S. and Canadian
practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, and other
professionals sharing practical know-how.
Possible topics: Seeking and using collaborators
in the financial industry;
Job hunting help; Tax preparation programs;
Recognizing fraud; Workshops for Senior Citizens; Case studies on what works
and what doesn't in various types of libraries and patrons; other topics on
financial literacy for library patrons you've had experience.
Concise, how-to chapters using bullets,
headings, based on experience to help colleagues; creativity, innovation highly
valued. Those able to write two chapters
read first. No previously published, simultaneously submitted material;
One, two, or three authors per chapter; each chapter by the same author(s).
Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word chapter accepted no
matter how many co-authors or if one or two chapters: author discount on more
copies.
Please e-mail titles of 4 topics each described
in a few sentences by April 30, 2015 with brief biography sketch on
each author; place FIN, Your Name on subject line: smallwood@tm.net
