Purpose
The Communication & Awareness Advisory Committee provides a forum for the discussion of advocacy, exchange of information, and advancement of advocacy efforts relevant to all types of libraries in the South Central Regional Library Council region.
Role
- Monitor regional, statewide, and national legislation and advocacy issues affecting or potentially affecting the SCRLC membership.
- Examine social justice issues as relating to libraries.
- Educate and inform the SCRLC membership on issues of importance to regional libraries and their stakeholders.
- Develop and recommend annual advocacy activities.
- Measure the effectiveness of advocacy efforts and campaigns.
- Serve as advisors to the Board of Trustees and staff on matters of communication, awareness, advocacy, and social justice in the South Central Regional Library Council region.
2025-2026 Activities
- Update the awareness & advocacy plan.
- Contribute to SCRLC’s Plan of Service 2026-2031.
- Update the Advocacy section of the website.
- Collaborate with regional library systems on legislative meetings and
events, including NYLA’s Library Advocacy Day.
- Offer advocacy training in addition to NYLA’s/ESLN’s if needed.
- Investigate the feasibility of a paid information / advocacy campaign to bring people into libraries.
Members
Steve Bachman, Four County Library System, joined 2016, sbachman@4cls.org
Sarah Glogowski, Chair, Finger Lakes Library System, joined 2016, sglogowski@flls.org
Brian Hildreth, Southern Tier Library System, joined 2014, communitylibrarypartnership@stls.org
Curtis Kendrick, Binghamton University Libraries, joined 2026, kendrick@binghamton.edu
Diane Capalongo, ex officio, SCRLC, dcapalongo@scrlc.org
Mary-Carol Lindbloom, ex officio, SCRLC, mclindbloom@scrlc.org
Jessica Philippe, ex officio, SCRLC, jphilippe@scrlc.org
Meeting Minutes
2026
January 7
2024
December 11
January 12
2023
May 23
February 6
