Build Wealth, Not Debt!

This is the first America Saves Week. One of the most important goals of America Saves Week is to persuade low- and moderate-income Americans to open savings accounts. Many organizations are encouraging people to save and build wealth, not debt. This year’s focus is encouraging people to save through automatic transfers into a savings account.

The young, poor and minorities are least likely to have separate emergency savings funds. To date, more than 67,000 Americans have enrolled as Savers (at www.AmericaSaves.org ) by committing to implement a detailed plan to achieve a specific savings goal. The most popular goal of these savers is building emergency savings.

See resources below for more information and ideas:

• *New* Press Release: Release of New Savings Survey Helps Launch America Saves Week 2008.
• From Rhymes to Riches (By Finance Professor at Syracuse University, Dr. Boyce Watkins)
• Credit Card Guy (on YouTube)
• Want to Keep More Money in your Pocket?
• Financial Products (e.g. savings account, certificate of deposit)
• Miracle of Compound Interest
• Calculators (including college calculators and credit card calculators)
• 66 Ways Consumer Knowledge Test
• The Ballpark E$timate  - worksheet that helps you approximate how much you need to save . . .
• Four Ways to Create Savings
• How to Handle Credit Card Purchases

Star-Ledger in support of NJKI

In its commentary piece entitled “Keep the Knowledge Coming” published on January 30, 2008, the Star-Ledger (Newark) expressed support for the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative, a program recently underfunded by the state legislature. If funding is not restored before the end of February, New Jersey’s universities will lose access to 11 key databases.

“For want of $1 million, the state of New Jersey is in danger of losing databases worth at least $74.5 million now provided free to state universities and colleges and hundreds of small businesses.”
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New Carpeting and Periodicals Reorganization

Over the semester break, the library got a makeover in the form of new carpeting. By all accounts, it is a great improvement.

Finding current periodicals just got a whole lot easier - over the break our periodicals staff worked to reorganize this room, so that all of our current periodicals are up front, on these 5 shelves, in alphabetical order. Thanks to Mark Ferguson and Jane Sawyer!

New Books on Display - Theology, History, Social Sciences & Education

New Books on Display - Computer Science