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There are still a few openings in our fall story time session which begins next week. We have just the right program for your child, birth through age 5! Register online on our Kidzone page or give us a call. We hope to see you soon!

The GFJ Library, in conjunction with the Four County Library System, will be offering downloadable e-books and audio books starting in early 2011.  The service will be through our relationship with Overdrive, a leading provider of digital content to libraries.  If you’re thinking of buying (or receiving!) an e-reader for the holidays, you may want …

The library is seeking applicants for a seat on its Board of Trustees.  Interested parties must be residents of the Town of Union, and should complete the application and return it care of Library Director Ed Dunscombe, George F. Johnson Memorial Library, 1001 Park St., Endicott NY 13760 (en.ed@4cls.org; fax 757-2491) October 12, 2010. 

The Library Trustees Association of New York State is featuring GFJ on their website. This comes after Merle Newberry was chosen as the winner of the Velma K. Moore Award. Check out this great feature and the accompanying photos at librarytrustees.org.

Despite a miserable economy, the March 15, 2010 issue of Library Journal reports that 84% of library funding referenda passed in 2009.  For New York State, the figure was 100%.

Author Michael Keene at GFJ on March 26, 1-3 PM Listen to author Michael Keene discuss his new book that uncovers how the Erie Canal opened up vital passageways that led to the advent of the major social, political, and religious movements that swept through upstate New York during the 19th century. Although employed for…