Big Library Read

View the new Pew Research Center’s report on the importance parents place on libraries (Hint: A lot!):    

StarWalk Kids Media has announced that it will make all 500 eBooks in its collection available free of charge for anyone with Internet access—children, families and educators—during the entire month of July. NO Passwords • NO logins. Kids can just start reading by visiting StarWalkKids.com/PopUp between July 1 and July 31.

Working but having trouble making ends meet?  Check your eligibility for a wide range of support programs at: myBenefits.ny.gov

Your GFJ library card gives you access to Atomic Training, a suite of more than 40,000 free, online, software and device training videos. Improve your computer skills from the comfort of your home!  Office, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, GarageBand, iTunes, WordPress, Google Docs, Picasa, HTML and about 39, 991 more!  Just click on the “Atomic Training” logo on…

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…

We are delighted to announce that Amazon’s “Kindle” e-reader can now be used to read books downloaded from GFJ’s “Overdrive” service.  Click on the “Download Overdrive” icon at www.gfjlibrary.org and start reading.  The collection is growing at a rate of about 40 titles per month.