Weather Update

Public Internet service at the GFJ Library will be down on Tuesday October 14 due to a scheduled upgrade.  The library’s Wi-Fi network will not be affected.

GFJ needs your help!  Along with the Your Home Public Library (Johnson City) we have not received an increase in funding since 2008.  We hope to place a proposition on this November’s ballot seeking an increase designed to fund the libraries for another four years.  But first we need to collect some 2,000 petition signatures. …

From GFJ’s Digital Archives: “The Great Wilno” aka “The Human Cannonball” is fired from a cannon 250 feet into the air (and thankfully into his net) during the annual E-J Workers Labor Day celebrations. The event took place in front of an estimated 50,000 spectators at En-Joie Park (behind U-E High School) on Sept,. 2,…

Today’s Friends of the Library book sale will be closing at noon. The next sale is on Saturday, October 10. We apologize for any inconvenience.

  Get ready for the new baseball season & brush-up your library skills by Stepping Up to the Plate @ Your Library.  Step Up to the Plate @ your library encourages people of all ages to use the print and electronic resources available at their library to answer a series of trivia questions designed for…

Amazon has announced that its popular Kindle e-reader will soon be compatible with GFJ’s Overdrive downloadable e-book service.  The service already works with many popular devices, including the Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iPad, and many others.  The Overdrive service also features free downloadable audiobooks.   Click here to get started!