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You are invited to our Monthly Meetings. ACL meetings are held from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second Friday of each month, excluding the month of the annual institute. (typically April or May), usually at the Oakland Public Library.
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*NOTE: ACL switches meetings from Oakland to the community room at Berkeley Public Library, Central, during facility closures at the Oakland Public Library, the normal meeting location. Begining with the September 2011 meetings will held at Berkeley. Meetings may resume at Oakland beginning in May 2012. (Stay tuned for additional changes).

Berkeley meetings typically begin at 9 AM, with access available at the staff entrance on Bancroft from 8:45 to 9:15 (if arriving after 9:15, please wait until the Library opens at 10 and enter from the main entrance on Kittredge).

Oakland meetings begin at 9 AM in the West Auditorium, with access only available from Madison St.
** NOTE: The library does not open until noon, direct meeting access is at the West Auditorium doors only.**
The 2012 ACL Institute is currently scheduled for April 13, 2012.

Register Now - Flyer/Registration Form (PDF file)

Date : April 13, 2012 Time: 9am - 1pm
at the : Rockridge Branch of the Oakland Public Library

Presentations by :

Barbara Finnin, Executive Director of City Slicker Farms
Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Program Director of People's Grocery
Seed Folks Seed Lending Library
Pacifica Sanchez Library Garden
Sandi Storch, Alameda County Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
Suzan Bateson, Executive Director of Alameda County Community Food Bank
Jeanine Asche, Food for Fines at the San Mateo County Library

Cost : $25 or $20 with canned food donation for ACCFB

Library School Students! One Institute fee refund will be raffled off to a pre-registered library school student on the day of the Institute. Check here if you're in library school to be entered in the raffle

For more information on future or past Institutes, see the Institute page.

The annual Performers' Showcase offers the opportunity to meet and evaluate a variety of children's performers active in the Bay Area. The next showcase is set for February 4, 2012.

For more information on upcoming or past Performers' Showcases, see the Showcase page.
** NOW AVAILABLE - Flier/Registration Form (Adobe PDF file) **

We invite performers interested in participating in the upcoming Showcase to read the 2012 Performer's Showcase FAQ (MS WORD file) and to submit a 2012 - Performer Application.

The Distinguished Books Roundups are held once a year, typically sometime toward the end of January.
The Roundup for 2011 titles will be held March 4, 2012 at Penny Peck's house. Questions, email the Distinguished Books co-chair at distinguished@bayviews.org or Penny Peck at pikly@aol.com

This page last updated: January 18, 2012