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Investor Education @ your libraryThe American Library Association (ALA) and the Investor Protection Trust (IPT) are teaming with the editors of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine to carry out investor education in America's public libraries. "Investor Education @ your libraryŽ" is funded by a grant from IPT, a nonprofit organization dedicated to investor education. This new initiative is part of ALA's Campaign for America's Libraries.
"In the wake of Enron, MCI/Worldcom, and other corporate scandals, investor education and protection has become a great concern for many Americans," said ALA President Carol Brey-Casiano at a press conference in April 2005. "ALA is pleased to work with IPT and Kiplinger to remind Americans that they can freely access this vital information at their local public libraries." As part of the program, twenty-one public libraries were selected to host investor education seminars beginning in February 2006. Libraries received customized materials developed by ALA, IPT and Kiplinger, including seven booklets focusing on different investing topics and a DVD set of IPT's national "MoneyTrack" series on PBS stations. |
  
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