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Connecticut Money School: free financial courses

Douglas Lord — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:13:44 +0000

Alert your patrons! The Connecticut Money School (CMS) provides free, volunteer-led financial education courses for adults in Connecticut.

The current course listings include these topics:

Debt, Saving, Credit, Loans, Health Care, Homeownership, Senior Issues, and State Benefits.

And are offered in these communities:

Bridgeport, Darien, Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, North Branford, Orange, West Haven, and Westport.

Connecticut Money School (CMS) is a project of the Connecticut Association for Human Services (CAHS) and five nonprofit partners.

Kiva.org Launches Pilot Expansion in United States

Douglas Lord — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:50:23 +0000

Of interest to our small business and entrepreneurial patrons is that the person-to-person microlending site Kiva.org is expanding into the United States.

From their 6/11 press release:

Starting this week, individuals anywhere in the world will be able to make small loans through the Kiva site to qualified small business owners in the U.S. who have been vetted by Kiva partners ACCION USA and the Opportunity Fund. Lenders can make loans in increments of $25 and will be able to track the progress of their loans from initial funding to repayment. Upon receiving repayment — Kiva borrowers in developing countries have a 98 percent repayment rate — lenders can chose to withdraw their funds or continue the lending cycle by re-lending the money to another borrower.

Although small businesses represent more than 87 percent of all businesses in the United States and are responsible for creating 900,000 new jobs every year, more than 10 million small business owners had difficulty obtaining capital last year. Kiva’s decision to expand into the United States was inspired by California’s first lady, Maria Shriver, who visited the organization’s San Francisco office in March 2008, learned about Kiva’s enormous impact in the developing world, and asked if the model could be replicated domestically to support low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs in the United States.

Strategies for Career Growth in Today’s Volatile Economy 11/17, 12PM – 1PM

Douglas Lord — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:44:28 +0000

As part of National Career Development Month, Hartford Public Library presents:

Strategies for Career Growth in Today’s Volatile Economy

Monday, November 17, 2008, 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford, 3rd Floor Program Room

Speaker: Eleta Jones, Associate Director, Center for Professional Development, University of Hartford

Bring your own lunch, drinks and desserts provided

Registration preferred: in person, online, or by calling 860-695-6295.

There’s No Place Like Earth

Sharon Brettschneider — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:29:20 +0000

In celebration of Earth Day I thought libraries would appreciate knowing about this great Science Reference Guide from the Library of Congress. It includes research guides to a variety of topics including sustainable agriculture, climate change, and bioethics. They’ve also compiled resources from the American Memory project at LC, webcasts and links to other environmental websites.

Happy Earth Day,
Sharon Brettschneider

WebJunction Information Guides

Kris — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:41:23 +0000

Check out the new Resource section on WebJunction. The Resource section provides informational guides to help you and your staff serve the general public and special populations.

Topics include:

Information Literacy

Internet Resources for Patrons

Patron Training

Services to Children

Services to Older Adults

Services to Spanish Speakers

Virtual Reference

For a complete list of information guides visit the Resource section today!!!!

Government Information Guides Added to WebJunction

Tom Newman — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:00:03 +0000

In case you haven’t already noticed, WebJunction has a new Resource section providing information guides to librarians who need to know about government information resources. “Government Information in the 21st Century: Training Librarians to be Government Information Specialists” is a continuing education program to train reference and public services librarians and library workers in the use of government information. This grant program, though not taking place in Connecticut, places information guides and links used in the program into WebJunction. If government information is of interest to you, take a look at this material and watch it grow as more information goes up.