Happy Birthday, GFJ Library!

The May 2011 issue of Discover magazine has a feature article on fracking for natural gas.  The issue is available at our library.

The New York Library Association’s new rating guide to NYS legislators is out.  See how your legislator rates on library-related issues: http://www.nyla.org/images/nyla/documents/LibraryVotingGuide-2012.pdf

This is the Johnson Rose. George F. had roses growing on his property (which is where the library stands now). One day he told his gardner to get rid of them. The gardner took them home and replanted them. Or so the story goes… This one was donated back to the library a few years…

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…

Local historian Tim Main and Library Director Ed Dunscombe following Tim’s March 31st program on the history of Endicott’s libraries.

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%.