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
27th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 10-June 16, 2018, Rovaniemi, Finland.
Developing Polar Networks: Ideas & Possibilities for the Future
26th Polar Libraries Colloquy, July 10-July 15, 2016, Fairbanks, United States.
Mapping Change, Chitduug gha nen’ ch’etnetl’edz
25th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 29-July 3, 2014, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Connecting communities: Collaborating, Creating and Communicating
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
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.
21st Polar Libraries Colloquy, May 8 – 12, 2006, Rome, Italy
Building polar networks : A Strategy for the Future
20th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 7 – 11, 2004, Ottawa, Canada
Polar Research: Let Us Share – Amiqqaaluta.
19th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 17 – 21, 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark
Poles apart – Poles On-Line.
18th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 12 – 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Canada
Gateways, Archives & Libraries into the Next Millennium
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
16th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 17 – 22, 1996, Anchorage, U.S.A.
Creativity, Lighting the Poles : Collaborative Solutions to Common Problems
15th Polar Libraries Colloquy, July 3 – 8, 1994, Cambridge, England
Bi-Polar Information Initiatives : The Needs of Polar Research
14th Polar Libraries Colloquy, May 3 – 7, 1992, Columbus, U.S.A.
International Sharing of Polar Information Resources
13th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 10 – 14, 1990, Rovaniemi, Finland
Man’s Future in Arctic Areas
12th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 5 – 9, 1988, Boulder, U.S.A.
11th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 9 – 12, 1986, Luleå, Sweden
10th Northern Libraries Colloquy, August 12 – 16, 1984, St. John’s, Canada
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.
5th Northern Libraries Colloquy, May 26 – 30, 1975, Rovaniemi, Finland
4th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 2 – 6, 1974, Montreal, Canada
3rd Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 25 – 29, 1973, Cambridge, England
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