The Chester Fritz Library is hosting two financial literacy events for Money Smart Week 2012.

The first event will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the Chester Fritz Library East Asian Room; it is a presentation on the basics of savings, credit, and loans by Sheila Gerszewski of Bremer Bank.

The second event will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, April 27, from  in the Memorial Union Swanson 10-12 (downstairs); it is a presentation on student loan debt management by Mary Beth Vigeland of the Village Family Service Center.

Money Smart Week is a national event run by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; the Chester Fritz Library is participating as part of the "@ Your Library" portion which is co-sponsored by the American Library Association.