Author Scott Turow on Cuts in Library Funding
As Congress debates dropping funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and eliminating the National Endowment for the Humanities, author Scott Turow decries nationwide cuts in liabrary funding
Similar Posts
Job Announcement: Library Clerk
The library is accepting applications for a part-time Library Clerk position. Some weekend and evening hours, pay is $8.45 an hour, 15-19 hours per week. The position is temporary with the possibility of becoming permanent. Applications are available at the library and will be accepted through Saturday, January 28.
Banned Books Week Sept 25 – Oct 2: Get Subversive!
Would you like to have someone tell you what you can’t read? You’ be surprised at the list of books that have been challenged at our nation’s public and school libraries. It’s not too early to oppose censorship by planning on reading a banned book during 2011’s Banned Books Week (Sept. 25 – Oct 2). …
Quilt Raffle Begins
GFJ’s 2015 Quilt Raffle has begun! This year’s quilt by Carol Bunnell celebrates our library’s 100th birthday. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 and can be purchased at our Information Desk. Proceeds go to support library children’s programs and services. The drawing will be December 1. Participate early and often!
Fall 2010 Book Review Series Announced
TUESDAY EVENINGS: Refreshments 7 PM, Review @ 7:30 PM OCTOBER 5 – “ The Lacuna” by Barbara Kingsolver. An epic journey from the Mexico city of artists Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo to the America of FDR, Pearl Harbor, and J.Edgar Hoover. A poignant story of a man pulled between the two nations. Reviewed…
Fight for libraries as you do for freedom
A plea for libraries from author Karin Slaughter