iPad Tips & Tricks

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 …

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….

   The George F. Johnson Memorial Library announces the following  positions.  These are temporary (18-month) professional and para-professional appointments in our Public Computing Center.  The PCC is scheduled to open this fall, with funding from a federal government American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) award.  Public Computing Center Director (Librarian…

An interesting article from the NY Times comparing the ecological impact of books vs. e-readers.  Their conclusion?: Borrow a book from your library!

Our Public Computing Center (PCC) is offering a great class about managing your library account from home on Friday, April 22 @ 1:00 PM! Learn how to review your checkouts and due dates, place a hold, renew items, search for library materials, and explore the Four County Library Research Center –all online! For this class,…

Library Board meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7 PM in one of the library’s meeting rooms.  There is no regularly scheduled August meeting.  The public is welcome to attend.  If you have business you would like to discuss we request that you ask the Library Director to place you on…