Author Brad Meltzer Speaks Up for Libraries

We’ve just added the Endicott Daily Bulletin newspaper years 1947-1951 to our Digital Archives. Our local newspaper coverage now includes years 1856-1951, along with the fantastic Endicott-Johnson Workers Review magazine and other E-J and U-E publications.  It’s a portal in time – Enter the Time Machine!  

Achieve representatives will be at GFJ on Tuesday, May 7 from 9 AM until 6 PM to discuss employment opportunities as Community Habilitation & Respite Providers. If you’re a compassionate person stop by to discuss this stable and rewarding opportunity.

The Tompkins County Public Library is seeking a full-time Librarian I for the Youth Services Department.   Duties will include working with Youth Services staff on all aspects of collection development including the selection and management of children’s fiction, nonfiction, and young adult fiction, providing friendly and exceptional references services to children and parents, assisting patrons…

Can’t get enough of the PBS series “Downton Abbey”?   Try these.

Job Opening: Library Clerk (part-time).  Variable shifts from 9 AM till 9 PM with some Saturday hours.  $8.65 per hour, up to 19 hours per week.   Interested candidates should provide an application and/or resume by Sept. 14, 2013 to: Ed Dunscombe, Director George F. Johnson Memorial Library 1001 Park St. Endicott NY 13760 Application is…

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…