Importance of Summer Reading
A research brief on the importance of summer reading and public library summer reading programs
A research brief on the importance of summer reading and public library summer reading programs
Raffle tickets are available for the 2011 quilt. This year’s creation by local noted quilter Carol Bunnell is titled “Butterflies on the Loose.” Tickets are one dollar each, or six for five dollars and are available at the library information desk. The drawing will be held September 12. Proceeds go to youth services at the…
NPR will broadcast a show on George F. Johnson today (December 1) at 5 P.M. The broadcast will be archived on NPR at http://www.npr.org/2010/12/01/131725100/the-legacy-of-george-f-johnson-and-the-square-deal
As part of our ongoing advocacy efforts, and in advance of our March 5th Library Advocacy Day visit to Albany, it would be very helpful for library users to take action in support of full funding for libraries. Go to 4CLS.org and click the red, white and blue “Become a Library Advocate” button at the bottom of…
Library Board meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7 PM in one of the library’s meeting rooms. There is no regularly scheduled August meeting. The public is welcome to attend. If you have business you would like to discuss we request that you ask the Library Director to place you on…
The proposed 2012 federal budget calls for elimination of the Statistical Abstract of the United States, in both its print and digital forms. This single best source of statistical data on the United States has been published since 1878, and the staff at GFJ feels it’s lost would be tragic. We urge you to sign…
The May 2011 issue of Discover magazine has a feature article on fracking for natural gas. The issue is available at our library.