Next Meeting: Handling Challenges to YA Materials

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
 
Oakland Main Library
125 14th Street (between Oak and Madison)
Oakland, CA 94612
 
Agenda
 
■9-9:30am - Arrival and Networking
■9:30-10am - Book and Program Sharing Round-Robin
■10-11am – Challenges to YA Materials, presentation by Amy Sonnie (librarian and author of a banned YA book) and Beth Wrenn-Estes (librarian and lecturer at San Jose State University)
■11-11:15am - Break
■11:15am-Noon - BAYA Business
 
No host lunch at nearby restaurant
 
Directions:
 
BAYA members should go to the back entrance on 13th Street.  The back door will be propped open, walk in and make a left, and follow the signs to the West Auditorium in the basement.   
 
http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/Seasonal/Sections/mainhrs.html
 
By Car: 

*HWY. 80 (from Bay Bridge, or heading South):

Follow 80 to 580 East to 980 (toward Downtown) to 880 South; take Jackson St. exit as 980 becomes 880. Turn left on Jackson, then right on 14th.
(NOTE: Do NOT get onto 880 South directly from the Bay Bridge - you will miss the Jackson St. exit.)

* HWY. 880 (heading North) :

Take Oak Street exit. Turn right on Oak, then left on 14th.

By Bus & By BART:

* By Bus:
 12th and Oak: Bus #1, #1R, #14, #18, #40, #58L, #88, #618, #801, #840
 11th and Madison: Bus #1, #1R, #14, #18, #40, #58L #88, #618, #801, #840
 

* By BART:
Lake Merritt Bart Station: Bus#11, #62 (in front of Oakland Museum and across from Laney College)
 
    * If bus schedules or bus maps are needed, you can contact Dennis Lim, Marketing Intern dlim@actransit.org. The website for AC Transit is www.actransit.org or you can also go to www.nextbus.com.