[CALIBK12] Association of Children's Librarians student membership

[Becca Todd]

ACL 
The Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California (ACL)
invites students of children's librarianship and/or children's literature
to apply for one of three annual membership scholarships. Discover a
network of active Bay Area children's librarians who meet monthly to share
their passion for children's literature and libraries. 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. The winner of this
scholarship would be expected to attend monthly meetings in the East Bay
and to review books and partake in the business of the organization to a
reasonable extent.

Who is eligible?
Anyone currently in Library School who may be considering working with
children; librarians considering a possible change; para-professionals
working in school libraries; teachers who may be considering moving to
school or public library positions; college students who may be
considering library work with children. Students considering or embarking
on their studies in children's librarianship will find an encouraging and
challenging community of like-minded individuals.

ACL Scholarships
The Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California (ACL)
offers three annual membership scholarships in tribute to Dorothy Helfeld,
a member and reviewer for this organization from 1992 until her death in
2008. ACL has met monthly in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1930s to
review newly published children's books. Reviews are published in the
journal BayViews which includes a section for storytime ideas, library and
book-related news of interest to our members and announcements of various
meetings or group activities. ACL also hosts an annual Institute on a
subject of timely interest to children's librarians, teachers and other
adults who work with children and books. Leading authors and individuals
closely tied to the subject of the Institute are invited to speak and
library materials supporting each year's topic are highlighted. Please
make this information available to library school students and staff in
the San Francisco Bay Area interested in careers in children's
librarianship. 

Applications for the Dorothy Helfeld scholarship, given in loving memory
of longtime member Dorothy Helfeld, are available at the ACL website [
http://www.bayviews.org/ ]www.bayviews.org.  Applications for the
2009/2010 scholarships must be received by June 5, 2009.  For further
information please consult the website and direct questions to the
scholarship email address given there.

Becca Todd, District Library Coordinator
Berkeley Unified School District
1720 Oregon St. Room 9
Berkeley, CA 94703
(ph) 510.644.4895
(f) 510.644.8933
Becca_Todd at berkeley.k12.ca.us