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Celebrate with us! You are cordially invited to SCRLC's 60th Meeting of the Membership,

Through Fire: Libraries in Times of Transformation

Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Corning Museum of Glass

(After registering, please email Diane and let her know if you would like to participate in the guided museum tour at the end of the program.)

AGENDA

 
9:30  Registration & Light Refreshments

10:00  Welcome & Overview

10:10  Keynote & Q&A: "Trust in Transition: Libraries in the Context of Our Contemporary Information Ecosystems" - Dr. Claire Wardle

We're living through rapid technological and social change. The rise of AI, shifting information habits, the changing role of gatekeepers are reshaping how communities know what to trust. Drawing on her research into information ecosystems, Dr. Wardle asks what's genuinely shifting beneath us, and what remains constant. She makes the case that libraries and cultural institutions are uniquely positioned to help communities navigate this uncertainty if they are willing to rethink how trust operates today.

11:05  New York State’s Libraries and Library Systems: The Future - Lauren Cardinal, Library Development Specialist, Division of Library Development, New York State Library

11:20  Break

11:30  Lightning Talks

"Catching them early into the library and archives profession" - Doyin Adenuga and Jesse Sharpe

"Participatory Exhibits in University Archives" - Maggie McNeely

"New Support Roles for Changing Times" - Jessica Magelaner

"Building Something Bigger: The Impact of Systemwide Library Programming" - Haleigh Mikolajczyk

"Enhancing Discoverability with AI-Powered Entity Recognition in Alma Specto" - Lori Fuller

12:30  Lunch

1:15  Business Meeting & Awards

Call to Order – Megan Biddle, President

Roll Call – Karin Wikoff, Secretary

Approval of 2025 Annual Meeting Minutes – Megan Biddle

President's Report – Megan Biddle

Financial Report – Sarah Glogowski, Treasurer

Executive Director's Report – Mary-Carol Lindbloom

Board of Trustees Election – Matthew Roslund, Nominating & Board Development Committee Chair

Awards Presentation

Adjournment of Business Meeting – Megan Biddle 

2:00  Curator Presentation: Amy McHugh - A sneak preview of two upcoming, major reinstallations of Art Nouveau and Frederick Carder glass in the 35 Centuries gallery.

2:30  Tour of Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Claire Wardle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. She is considered a leader in the field of misinformation, verification and user generated content. In 2015, Claire co-founded the non-profit First Draft, a pioneer in innovation, research and practice in the field of misinformation. She went on to co-found the Information Futures Lab at Brown University's School of Public Health. Over the past decade she has developed an organization-wide training program for the BBC on eyewitness media, verification and misinformation, led social media policy at UNHCR, been a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School, and been the Research Director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She has authored a number of articles and reports, including Information Disorder: An interdisciplinary Framework for Research and Policy for the Council of Europe and A Conceptual Analysis of the Overlaps and Differences between Hate Speech, Misinformation and Disinformation for the United Nations' Department of Peace Operations. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania.