Past Colloquies

The Colloquy meets biennially at venues by tradition alternating between Europe and North America.

28th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 5-June 10, 2022, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Sharing Polar Cultures and Knowledge: Perspectives from Libraries and Archives

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27th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 10-June 16, 2018, Rovaniemi, Finland.

Developing Polar Networks: Ideas & Possibilities for the Future

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26th Polar Libraries Colloquy, July 10-July 15, 2016, Fairbanks, United States.

Mapping Change, Chitduug gha nen’ ch’etnetl’edz

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25th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 29-July 3, 2014, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Connecting communities: Collaborating, Creating and Communicating

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24th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 11-14, 2012, Boulder, United States.

Cold Regions: Pivot Points, Focal Points

23rd Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 13-18, 2010, Bremerhaven, Germany.

Cool Libraries in a Melting World

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22nd Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 2 – 6, 2008, Edmonton, Canada.

Currents of Change – The Future of Polar Information.

The Colloquy was hosted jointly by the Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the University of Alberta Libraries. It was held in conjunction with the 2008 meeting of the University of the Arctic Council.

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21st Polar Libraries Colloquy, May 8 – 12, 2006, Rome, Italy

Building polar networks : A Strategy for the Future

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20th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 7 – 11, 2004, Ottawa, Canada

Polar Research: Let Us Share – Amiqqaaluta.

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19th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 17 – 21, 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark

Poles apart – Poles On-Line.

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18th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 12 – 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Canada

Gateways, Archives & Libraries into the Next Millennium

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17th Polar Libraries Colloquy, September 20 – 25, 1998, Reykjavik, Iceland

Electronic Information and Publications : Looking to the Electronic Future, Let’s Not Forget the Archival Past 

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16th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 17 – 22, 1996, Anchorage, U.S.A.

Creativity, Lighting the Poles : Collaborative Solutions to Common Problems

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15th Polar Libraries Colloquy, July 3 – 8, 1994, Cambridge, England

Bi-Polar Information Initiatives : The Needs of Polar Research 

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14th Polar Libraries Colloquy, May 3 – 7, 1992, Columbus, U.S.A.

International Sharing of Polar Information Resources 

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13th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 10 – 14, 1990, Rovaniemi, Finland

Man’s Future in Arctic Areas 

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12th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 5 – 9, 1988, Boulder, U.S.A.

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11th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 9 – 12, 1986, Luleå, Sweden

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10th Northern Libraries Colloquy, August 12 – 16, 1984, St. John’s, Canada

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9th Northern Libraries Colloquy, 1982, Tromsø, Norway

8th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 1 – 6, 1980, Edmonton and Whitehorse, Canada

7th Northern Libraries Colloquy, September 19 – 23, 1978, Paris, France

6th Northern Libraries Colloquy, July 12 – 15, 1976, Fairbanks, U.S.A.

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5th Northern Libraries Colloquy, May 26 – 30, 1975, Rovaniemi, Finland

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4th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 2 – 6, 1974, Montreal, Canada

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3rd Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 25 – 29, 1973, Cambridge, England

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2nd Northern Libraries Colloquy, May 31 – June 2, 1972, Hanover, U.S.A.

1st Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 16 – 17, 1971, Edmonton, Canada