Lauren Reiter | Movers & Shakers 2016 – Advocates; Library Journal, 3/14/16

Library Journal; Lauren Reiter | Movers & Shakers 2016 – Advocates:

"Even though she worked as a corporate analyst before becoming a business librarian, college hadn’t prepared Lauren Reiter for personal money management. So when she heard discussions at Penn State seeking ways to address rising student debt and the lack of basic financial literacy, Reiter jumped at the opportunity. “I recognized the need for financial literacy education among college students and also the potential for the library to take a leading role,” she says...

Her efforts have resulted in the establishment of an endowment for financial education at Penn State, says associate dean Anne Langley, which is further funding Reiter’s financial literacy initiative.

Reiter has only just begun. Next, she says, she’s interested in “track[ing] the long-term impact of her efforts, the lifelong application of financial literacy skills, and continued engagement in financial learning.”"

Movers & Shakers 2016: The People Shaping the Future of Libraries; Library Journal, 3/14/16

Library Journal; Movers & Shakers 2016: The People Shaping the Future of Libraries:

"Fifteen years old and now over 750 leaders strong, Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers (M&S) proudly introduces the Class of 2016—54 individuals profiled in 50 stories, who are changing the face of libraries of all types and sizes. When LJ launched the inaugural M&S issue on March 15, 2002, we had no idea how much enthusiasm it would draw, how the models of service reflected in the Movers’ stories would ripple throughout the field, how the Movers would become a connected cadre of supporters, cheerleaders, and go-to folks for one another and for the profession, or how the careers of those selected would flourish. That first M&S selection led with Felton Thomas, then branch manager at the West Las Vegas Library (where he grew up and was a page) and now head of the Cleveland Public Library."