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GFJ is pleased to announce that Mango Languages is now available to its patrons. Mango is a robust, interactive online foreign language-learning suite covering more than sixty languages (including Pirate!). A mobile app is available, and all you need to get started is a valid GFJ library card. Start, pause and return to your lessons at your own rate. Rocket Languages, our former language-learning product, will be available through September 2015. |
For our non-resident patrons: At its June 2014 meeting the Library Trustees decided to increase the non-resident fee from $25.00 to $50.00 annually, per household, effective January 1, 2015. This is the first increase in the fee in the 20 or so year existence of the fee, and brings the cost into line with what…
The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring census takers at $13 per hour. Information & practice tests forms are available at our library.
Amazon has announced that its popular Kindle e-reader will soon be compatible with GFJ’s Overdrive downloadable e-book service. The service already works with many popular devices, including the Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iPad, and many others. The Overdrive service also features free downloadable audiobooks. Click here to get started!
Shine the spotlight of truth on those rants about the public library being dead!
Possible Job Opening: Library Page part-time. Variable hours up to 19 per week, shelving returned items and other tasks as assigned. $7.85 per hour. Deadline for application is Sept. 21, 2013. Application is available for download at: http://gobroomecounty.com/files/personnel/pdfs/EmployApp.pdf
Cutting Your College Costs Monday, February 20 George F. Johnson Memorial Library 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm College is expensive, but knowledge is power! With that in mind, it is critical for parents to be informed about the many ways to reduce the expense of higher education, especially loan debt, while at the…