StarWalk Kids Free!

Tales to Chill Your Bones! Come celebrate the season and listen to some scary tales told by well-known, local storyteller, Lonna McKeon Pierce. Saturday, October 20th at 1:00pm for brave souls in grades 2 through 6 No registration is required. Join us if you dare…

Studies have proved that learning a second language improves brain function and can slow the onset of dementia. Bilingual people benefit from these effects no matter at what age they learn a second language. GFJ offers Mango Languages, a free online language-learning suite with over sixty languages, including a free phone app. And it’s fun!…

The library has resumed normal hours and will reopen at 9 A.M. on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The Oct. 30 Friends of the Library book review has been cancelled. There will be no preschool storytime today, because the UE schools are closed.

Library Job Opening:  Library Page.  Primary responsibilities are re-shelving books, DVD’s etc., opening and closing the library, running errands, other duties as assigned.  15-19 hours per week, $8.00 per hour increasing to $9.00 on December 31, 2014.  Flexible schedule with some evening and Saturday hours.  Temporary through May 2015 with possibility for conversion to permanent….

New York State’s Regents Advisory Council on Libraries (RAC) is asking New Yorkers what library services they will need in their local communities by 2020. Click on the image to take a short survey and share your 2020 vision for libraries!

GFJ’s Digital Archives has been extended to include The Endicott Daily Bulletin newspaper through June 1940.  This extends our newspaper coverage from as early as 1855, in searchable format.  Access them via the link on our home page.