About Us

The Alliance Library System (ALS) is proud to partner with the FINRA Investor Education Foundation and the American Library Association to bring you Smart investing@your library®. This grant, “Financial ABC’s for Generations X, Y, and Z” was funded so that ALS could deliver saving and investing information to individuals from each generation.

Building upon our previous Smart investing@your library® project which targeted baby boomers, ALS has partnered with five public libraries to deliver on-site and online financial education programs for young adults ages 13 to 20. ALS will also use the virtual world of Second Life to bring programs and materials on the importance of investing and saving to individuals ages 20 to 35. Once again this year, the Smart investing@your library® van will drive to libraries throughout the ALS service area to share financial information with the public. The information found on this website will bring all aspects of the program together so that it will be accessible to all.

The Alliance Library System is one of the top multitype library systems in the country. ALS provides services to over 250 libraries of different types in a 14,000 square mile area in central Illinois. The core services of ALS are consulting, continuing education, delivery of materials, and resource sharing. For more information on the Alliance Library System, please visit www.alliancelibrarysystem.com.

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