RUSA's Smart investing @ your library wins ASAE award of excellence
Contact: Liz Markel
Marketing Specialist, RUSA/ASCLA
(312) 280-4398
lmarkel@ala.org
NEWS
For Immediate Release
November 24, 2009
CHICAGO—
Smart investing @ your library, a grant program offered by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, is one of 17 programs to receive an Award of Excellence from the 2009 Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards program, sponsored by
ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership.
Now in its 19th year, the AAA Awards program recognizes associations and industry partners that improve the quality of life in America with innovative programs in education, skills training, standard setting, business and social innovation, knowledge creation, citizenship and community service. Smart investing @ your library offers grant opportunities to support library efforts to provide millions of patrons with effective, unbiased financial education resources. The latest group of grantees announced in January 2009 were awarded nearly $882,000 in grants to 12 recipients. It marked the second year of this educational partnership, which awarded more than $853,000 to 13 public libraries and library networks in 2008.
Seventeen programs were honored with a 2009 AAA Award of Excellence. Winners are automatically entered into consideration for the Summit Award, ASAE & The Center’s highest association honor. Summit Award winners were honored at ASAE & The Center’s Summit Awards Dinner, September 29 in Washington, D.C.
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. Since its inception in December 2003, the foundation has approved approximately $46 million in financial education and investor protection initiatives through a combination of grants and targeted projects. 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. FINRA registers and educates industry participants, examines securities firms; writes and enforces rules and federal securities laws, educates the investing public and provides trade reporting and other industry utilities. FINRA also administers the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and registered firms. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.finra.org.
The
Reference and User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers advisory and resource sharing. Its History Section exists to represent the subject interests of reference librarians, archivists, bibliographers, genealogists, historians and others engaged in historical reference or research. RUSA 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. Not a member, but interested in discounted registration rates on conference, preconferences and other events? Join, renew or add RUSA to your ALA membership at www.ala.org/membership. Learn more about the association at
www.ala.org/rusa.
