Welcome to the 30th Polar Libraries Colloquy 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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