Library Funding Referenda

OK Downton lovers. If you haven’t had enough of Lord Grantham running Downton into the ground, you might try these, all owned by GFJ (along with the first three seasons of Downton): Books Bentley, Nicolas. Edwardian album: a photographic excursion into a lost age. Carnarvon, Countess of. Lady Almina & the real Downton Abbey Fellows,…

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

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). …

Please note that there will not be open hours in the Tech Center on Tuesday, September 1. All other Tech Center classes and hours for this week will run as scheduled. We’re sorry for any inconvenience!

All free and on Tuesday evenings.  Refreshments will be served at 7 P.M. and the reviews will start at 7:30.  Everyone is welcome! April 3: “The Terminal diner” by Mary Pat Hyland, reviewed by the author.  A story set in a diner in Binghamton looks at September 11th’s influence on people far from the scene….

Studies have proved that learning a second language improves brain function and can slow the onset of dementia. Bilingual people benefit from these effects no matter at what age they learn a second language. GFJ offers Mango Languages, a free online language-learning suite with over sixty languages, including a free phone app. And it’s fun!…