Welcome to the 30th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 7-13, 2026 hosted at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center on the Columbus Campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio.
The theme will be Polar Regions: Past, Present, and Future. The call for presenters will open in July 2025. The schedule will be posted and registration will open in January 2026.
Major Theme
Polar Regions: Past, Present, and Future
Minor Themes
- Indigenous communities of Arctic North America
- Earth’s poles in works of arts, humanities, and media
- Polar archives and library information matters
- Polar research data management and open access publishing
- One Health: People, Animal, and Environmental Health in Polar Regions
- Public engagement with polar libraries and archives
- Navigating mis and dis-information
- Polar politics and history
- Role of AI
Please send inquiries to Laura Kissel, Polar Archivist.
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