Special Board Meeting

The Library has just received notice from Assemblywoman Lupardo’s office that we have been awarded $6,496 under the New York State Public Library Construction grant program to install a much-needed heating/cooling unit in our staff area.  Much thanks to the Assemblywoman for her continued and long-standing support of public libraries.

A national survery  funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reports that one-third of Americans (77 million) used public library computers to access the Internet in the last year.   40% received help with employment needs,  37% with health issues, and 42% with educational needs .  The stats…

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.

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…

Would you like to become a Computer Star? Starting July 9th the PCC will be offering a 5-week program for computer literacy! Come in for all 5 Saturdays to become a Computer Star! Sign up online, in person, or over the phone. Classes covered are Understanding the computer, Keyboard Basics, Files and Folders, Beginning Internet,…