Money for college?...for retirement?...to buy a home? Free online
financial education classes are available for all Nebraskans.
The Nebraska Library Commission is pleased to announce that access
to better financial and investor information resources is now
available through a free unbiased online financial education class
offered through the
Smart Investing@your library® Builds
Nebraska Communities project.
Get a login password at
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/FinancialEducation
and learn more about how to make informed decisions about budgeting,
money management, saving for college, buying a home, retirement
planning, and more. This online class is offered as part of a
statewide grant awarded by the American Library Association and the
FINRA Investor Education Foundation to the Nebraska Library
Commission and the Northeast Library System (now Three Rivers
Library System). This prestigious grant is helping to build the
capacity of Nebraska libraries to provide effective, unbiased
financial resources, including Books, DVDs, downloadable audiobooks
and ebooks, and access to librarian-selected online sources at
http://nebraskaccess.ne.gov/moneyandinvesting.asp.
This program is made possible by a grant from the FINRA Investor
Education Foundation through Smart investing @ your library®, a
partnership with the American Library Association.
The FINRA Investor Education Foundation supports innovative
research and educational projects that give underserved Americans
the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for financial success
throughout life. For details about grant programs and other FINRA
Foundation initiatives, visit
www.finrafoundation.org.
FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is the largest
non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business
in the United States. FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and
market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and
complementary compliance and technology-based services. FINRA
touches virtually every aspect of the securities business — from
registering and educating all industry participants to examining
securities firms, writing and enforcing rules and the federal
securities laws, informing and educating the investing public,
providing trade reporting and other industry utilities and
administering the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and
registered firms. For more information, please visit
www.finra.org.
Smart investing @ your library® is a partnership between the
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the
American Library Association, and the FINRA Investor Education
Foundation. The program supports public libraries and community
college libraries across the country in their efforts to meet
financial education needs at the local level. Visit
http://smartinvesting.ala.org
for details.
The Reference and User Services Association, a division of the
American Library Association, is the foremost organization of
reference and information professionals who make the connections
between people and the information sources, services and collection
materials they need. For more information, please visit
www.ala.org/rusa. The American
Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in
the world, with more than 60,000 members. Its mission is to promote
the highest quality library and information services and public
access to information. For more information, please visit
www.ala.org or call (800) 545-2433
ext. 4279.
As Nebraska’s state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission
is an advocate for the library and information needs of all
Nebraskans. The mission of the Library Commission is statewide
promotion, development, and coordination of library and information
services-“bringing together people and information.” Visit
http://booksarejustthebeginning.com/
for more examples of how Books Are Just the Beginning at Nebraska
libraries.
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The most up-to-date news releases from the Nebraska Library
Commission are always available on the Library Commission Website,
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases.