Pew Research study on how parents feel about libraries

HELP! GFJ needs your help. We’ve been busy since June collecting signatures needed to place a library funding proposition on the ballot in the Town of Union this November to increase funding for the Endicott & Johnson City libraries. We need about 1,000 more signatures by the end of August. About 90% of the funding…

Governor Cuomo has proposed $81.6M in Library Aid, which removes the additional $4M provided by the Legislature in the 2013-14 Budget ($85.6M).  This represents a 4.7% cut in Library Aid!   TAKE ACTION NOW! … The Executive Budget is not yet finalized – the Governor can restore this funding by amending his budget by February…

Cindy Rounds from Wealth By Design Financial will present a program titled “Be Aware – Share With Care” at GFJ on Wednesday, May 1 at 3:30.  Idendity theft is a real problem in our connected socity.  Learn how to protect yourself at this free program.  For more information or to RSVP please call 607-239-6033.

The library will be closing at 4:00 today (Thursday, February 13) due to the inclement weather.

GFJ needs your help!  Along with the Your Home Public Library (Johnson City) we have not received an increase in funding since 2008.  We hope to place a proposition on this November’s ballot seeking an increase designed to fund the libraries for another four years.  But first we need to collect some 2,000 petition signatures. …

We’re excited to announce an expansion of GFJ’s Digital Archives.  We’ve added eight years of additional searchable, digitized local newspapers, extending coverage into 1923.  The project will eventually carry coverage to 1960.  We will soon add The E-J Worker’s Review.  The Review was an in-house publication of the Endicott Johnson Corporation published from 1919 till…