To become a member, please print and complete the application form (PDF) (NEW - updated form with 2013 Bayviews fee) and return it to us with your membership fee.

The Dorothy Helfeld Scholarship
ACL invites students of children's librarianship and/or children's literature to apply for one of three annual membership scholarships. The three annual scholarships cover the cost of a year's membership in ACL, the 11 issues of BayViews and attendance at the annual Institute.
More Information and Applications now available.

Membership Benefits
• Receiving BayViews eleven times a year,
         electronic (included free) or paper (additional print cost - NEW in 2013).
• Annual Distinguished Books list
• Special subject bibliographies
• Voting on organizational issues
• Opportunity to write book reviews
• Reading and voting on Distinguished Books
• Holding an office
• Discounts on annual Institute attendance fees
• Annual Performers' Showcase
• Professional development and networking opportunities
• Membership in ACL's Yahoo! Group (ACLNC)
• Bayview's electronic archives access - available on ACL's Yahoo! Group (ACLNC) groups.yahoo.com/group/ACLNC
• ACL's discussion and collaborative wiki access - bayareachlibs.pbwiki.com